Each instance admin decides whether they require an email. Mine doesn't, but it's more important to choose an instance with admins you trust and not located in the US.
The tool is "Steamless". I think there was a misunderstanding, games without steam DRM don't need an emulator. I never ran into one that lacked DRM but used the API with no fallback, thus requiring an emulator.
I don't think it's any different for people who enjoy doing it, but their brains have rotten and skills atrophied do they end up with no standards or care.
I noticed this kinda early, I was an early adopter (before vibe code was even a "thing") but never found myself benefiting from the tools.
You can search for specific files across all of GitHub and see some stats. It is pretty bad, and it has become a semi-regular occurrence for someone to drop extremely large PRs on any mildly popular project, even on niche fields/languages.
You are wrong, steam emulators are only necessary if the game uses steam DRM or relies on it for online functionality. You can try this with most indie games, or anything also sold on GOG.
You can remove the steam DRM wrapper as well quite easily if its the only one present.
It feels like an aneurysm because he didn't write the post (at least entirety). Notice how it's structured in LLMese with the 3 point bullet lists, "headings".
"This is going very poorly, we will pretend to listen to our customers so it looks like we are course correcting, winning favor with investors and customers (big businesses, not home users)."
They may even switch CEOs if the situation worsens, but the practices remain.
Each instance admin decides whether they require an email. Mine doesn't, but it's more important to choose an instance with admins you trust and not located in the US.
Don't use your real email regardless of instance.