[jsgo]

I'd be game with the multiple storefronts if the library aspect were decoupled. If I bought Sea of Thieves in Microsoft Store and I bought Destiny 2 in Battle.NET, having a launcher that was able to download and install both of them with little configuration beyond linking to the MS Store/Battle.net accounts (not quite Movies Anywhere in that your library moves between services, but the launcher has discoverability and download capability for all of them), I'd be 100% fine with all of this. Instead, I find it to be a chore sometimes where if I have an urge to play a Uplay game and my password needs to be re-entered and I either need to locate it via 1password or if that isn't available, reset password and all that jazz.

[max76]

Discord Library is an attempt to launch all games from a single application. You can also configure steam to be able to launch non-steam exes.

[jsgo]

Not sure on Discord Library, but with Steam that is configuration and I can't uninstall the game and then install it again later from within Steam.

What would make me be a fan of being agnostic would take something similar to Movies Anywhere, where if I buy a movie on Vudu and it automatically shows up in my Movies Anywhere "library" or more tangibly, in my iTunes, Microsoft Movies & TV, and Play Movies libraries.

Prior to Disney Movies Anywhere, I would forego the deals on Vudu due to being yet another library to manage. After DMA, I started to buy Disney/Marvel/Pixar movies where the best deal was at. After Movies Anywhere, that expanded to titles that were part of Movies Anywhere.

[icebraining]

Many of these have existed; I remember using The All-Seeing Eye and XFire. But the integration with stores is what makes these new launchers like Steam and UPlay valuable to game publishers.