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It came to Steam because of the Microsoft buyout. Same with Diablo 4.
You still have to install that annoying Blizzard launcher, I guess?
What do you find annoying with Battlenet? It's no worse than Steam.
I'm okay with steam because:
The Blizzard launcher is just for the few games Blizzard is selling. It asked me to go online way too often. Maybe every single time, I don't remember exactly. It's a bit like that Rockstar launcher. I don't see any value in it besides auto updates.