Nope, then they will continue to whine about YouTube and Twitch spamming ads even though the solution already exists.

Because some/most users are not pirates to share stuffs, they are just pirates to get free stuff. If their secret place is talked about in public they are afraid it will eventually shut down due to legal actions (like it happened after some piracy platform went viral on tiktok).

Hosting your game on steam is indeed not free, and the price can vary greatly. It may not be the reason of the removal though