Question???

If the next update is being released via steam is it still going to be released via your own updater as well.If not then how are we going to get the update if we have not registered the game with steam?I was under the impression from something I picked up on a while back where I am sure someone said that if you registered your key with steam then UWE would have to pay a fee to them for DLC costs?I wanted to avoid that so every peeny stays in development...How else will steam know if the game is installed if you havent activated it with them?