Originally posted by Grailoch:

Not sure this has anything to do with Valheim Dev team. It is likely a part of the contract with Steam that they offer the ability to sink with Steam's system. Steam imo is just trying to create new revenue streams. Get people to pay monthly or yearly for additional save space.

The Steam issues sure are the team trying to sync with a Steam "feature" of dubious merit sure. I was more referencing the Dedicated server ♥♥♥♥ up:

"We're really sorry about this, thank you for being understanding!"

The focus has to be on Bugs & Content not features for the Steam platform unless as you say, not having them violates the rules of selling via steam. The fact you CAN disable it means Steam considers it optional.