I have to create an account with a valid email address to be able to download litestep? What's this about? I've used litestep for years in the past and I come to download it so I can continue to use it - a 5 second task - and I have to create an account. Why such an unnecessarry hassle? It's a waste of server storage space, bandwidth, and time. It's not worth it.

No one ever said that. LiteStep.net is not LiteStep. Check out lsinstaller.loose-screws.com for example.

...also, you're not getting SPAM from this site, so don't worry much.

...where is the waste? only thing I see wasted is the time it took you to sign-up to post this thread. If you don't like a sites policies...don't use the site.

people just don't get it, do they?
Simply because of choices that you, yourself, make as an adult, you cannot tell other people what choices to make, nor how they choose to live thier own lives.

kikisan2: As adults, we are all equal. Can you not appreciate the fact that someone takes the massive amount of time to provide a site like this for free?
Would you have the time, or inclination, or specific skills?

People are people: you don't get to complain to people who do work simply because you see them as a type of super-powerful god who's answering prayers.

Besides: you could have typed "litestep installer" into google. Now There's a 5 second task