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Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's why they do promote say sales, because they still get the same cut and might see more revenue out of it. Selling general ads doesn't fit with what they're going for, but they do aggressively push ads.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which aggressive ads?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe they mean the ads that popup occasionally when starting steam

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those can be turned off.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have nothing against them personally but they are undoubtedly advertising and are turned on by default.

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but hardly aggressive. They only popup when you start steam. If you leave it running, even with the option on, you never see them.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dunno pushing ads on every boot seems at least a bit aggressive (remember that steam auto starts by default on Windows).

[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Both still optional. You can easily turn off both boot with OS and the ads it's serving.

Aggressive to me is non-optional, in-your-face type crap.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For me, aggressive doesn't necessarily have to mean non-optional.