He's aware of the problems, but that was the point of what he was writing. The issue here is that Games For Windows is being forced fed into games meaning you can't get around it. Because of this, the writer is unable to do what he's supposed to be doing.
Also, the problem with simply avoiding Windows Live is that it would mean avoiding any game that it's forced to work with. I'm not sure here (since I don't own one), but does anybody know if you're forced to use Windows Live if you buy a GFW enabled game (like Fallout 3) through Steam?
Otherwise, yes, I've been trying to avoid GFW thus far myself. I feel that was a ripoff when they first introduced it and only since they made it free has it felt like it might be worth the hassle of buying a GFW game (though I haven't bought one yet).
