Thanks, fixed! "Albeit" seemed like it would work, but "although" indeed fits much better.

To put it another way, albeit shouldn't be used with independent clauses.

1. I leave Steam running all the time (although I never open Steam Chat).

2. I leave Steam running all the time (albeit never with Steam Chat).

"I never open Steam Chat" can stand on its own as a sentence, but "never with Steam Chat" does not and thus can be appropriately modified with albeit.

I kinda wish HN allowed a visual indicator for subthreads that focus on tangents that don't hold universal appeal: comment grammar, humor, "why did I get downvoted?", etc.

There are lots of little discussions like this that I'd love to have, but which sometimes lead to a lot of downvotes.