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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by the_af on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @09:52PM (#46143260)
They are ads for games in a store that sells games, right?

I'm very anti-ad, but if there's one situation where I don't have a beef with it, it's the Steam app.

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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by int_19h on Thursday December 04, 2025 @02:19AM (#46144708)
They are also surprisingly effective because they often show things that I might actually buy (especially when it's on sale, which is precisely when they show ads for it).
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by account42 on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:52AM (#46146571)
No, that's not an excuse because Steam is also a launcher to play your games. If the store was completely separate then sure it would be OK to promote games being sold in the store there.
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Re:Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow (Windows Gamin... by the_af on Thursday December 04, 2025 @09:57AM (#46148348)
You can easily disable the pop-up ads.
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