What is totally insane in that Steam enforced solution, is that around 20% of the people who voted won't BUY the game, and since they probably badly want it, will have no other hope than wait for an "alternative" solution and let's be frank, this means a cracked version, when their goal is NOT to avoid paying for the game and all the talent and dedication Oleg and his team put in it ....!!
Most of us, the great invisible and silent majority who play and BOUGHT the IL2/FB saga and don't visit and post at forums are strict OFFLINERS, and that Steam thingie is TOTALLY USELESS to play CoD that "already has the necessary tools to function on its own".