Well, the last time I heard of someone buying EQ from Amazon, it was only a 600MB (or so) download, which didn't include nearly as much of the client as what we would consider a complete client.
For the Amazon download to really be checked if it is worth working on or not, it would have to be attained by someone who knows what to look for. It would have to be checked for build date of the client, which is pretty easy. It would also need to be checked for any missing files and how critical the missing files are. If there are too many missing files, then it probably wouldn't even be worthwhile for development.
Also, since we have been using Steam successfully for years now, we have a pretty good idea of how they do things now. If we change to another source, it will be hard to know what to expect. If they change the download too often (more than once per year), it would probably be a wasted effort to try to make the move to them.
I am still hoping that Steam updates their files at some point. Since VoA isn't even available for purchase on Steam yet, it is hard to say what will happen. They may add VoA at some point and also update the files at the same time. They may also do something like they did with UF where they made UF available for purchase, but didn't update the download until about 7 months after it was released. For HoT, they never even bothered updating the download, so who knows?
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