No, you're wrong. Nobody forced you to buy Skyrim. On the box, it is clearly mentionned that you need to install Steam in order to play the game. That's all. If you bought the game knowing this fact, you accepted it. I agree this is clearly abused, but you still have the choice. It's not like if it was hidden when you bought the game... It's just the fact you hoped it wouldn't be too restrictive/boring/embarassing to use Steam, like everyone, or you just didn't care about it :-/