Because it doesn't negate the need buying a physical copy. Plus, the point I'm making is that if you're trying to avoid Steam, blindly buying hard copies of games isn't very sensible, because if you know enough about Steam to make you feel that you need to avoid it, then you should at least know that some games NEED Steam and you have no other choice.
But it's not at all ironic that you bought a physical copy of a game and that's what taught you about Steam, you weren't trying to avoid Steam in the first place.
