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Re:Unable to deal with Chrome Extension Team, Kozmos is shut... by Iv on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:09AM (#23289281)
Steam was nowhere near the app store we know today when it was created. It was Valve's auto-updater and match-making service. They had a few partner games using it as well.

I may recall it badly but I am pretty sure they opened it to general companies and indie studios as a reaction to Windows 8 built-in app store:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18996377

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Re:Unable to deal with Chrome Extension Team, Kozmos is shut... by destrukt147 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @02:15AM (#23289553)
I've been on steam since a while after it's genesis. IIRC the store aspect of steam started in 2006-2007, which is way before even windows 8 which only came out after 2011-2012
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