So turn them off. It's an option.
steam://settings/interface
Uncheck the bottom one, then click ok.
Then dont get the steam version.2. I hate that I can't just double click my skse loader for Skyrim without first booting up Steam. I hate that extra boot up time for features that I dont use, that shouldnt have to be used to play the game.
How the cloud is utilized is up to the game developer. How are they to know that you didn't really mean to install a bad third party mod?3. I hate how they set up Steam Cloud. I installed a mod for Skyrim that broke the game, the Steam cloud loaded it into the cloud, so when I reinstalled, it didnt fix it. Yet there is no option for me to delete my data that is in their cloud. I have to contact them and wait days for customer support. How hard is it to add a delete cloud files option next to the delete local files option!