My pixel did randomly restart for no reason and then a day later it was dead. Took it to ubreakifix and they told me its completely dead today. hopefully you have better luck
If Valve did something like this with Half Life I wonder if the outcry would be more or less than this. A part of me kind of enjoy seeing people completely lose it.
technically battle.net predates Steam if I recall. Although the launcher is a more recent thing, but still at least 5-6 years ago I don't remember clearly
I also don't recall warm beer being popular or pushed by anybody when I was China. I drank cold beer like everyone else although I will say the beer had a fairly watered down taste.