I still think that calling this escrow is a bit misleading.
Escrow-
1 : a deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition
2 : a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow
Not a great definition, but whatever.
This is actually just a trade hold. There are quite a few ways around the trade hold, but petitioning or boycotting Valve in an attempt to get the system taken off isn't going to do anything. Those same petitions were tried with the confirmation email system and it didn't work then either.
Get used to it. Maybe think about finding one of the desktop auth programs if you just refuse to get an android or idevice. This hold system isn't going anywhere.
