Were you frustrated with your Steam Restrictions before you bought the full experience?

[Guardian]

This coming Saturday i'll be free from my restrictions as I buy the Premium unlock for TF2. Honestly the past month has been a hassle. Trying to get friends to add me since I can't, having my inventory overflow, being locked out of some servers ect. So my question to all of you is did you dispise the blocks you faced before? Or did you not even notice or care?