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Re:EA “Gives Away” 1000s Of Free Games Due To No Server-Side... by sliverstorm on Monday October 15, 2012 @12:26AM (#4653758)
Steam doesn't allow in-app purchases that circumvent their distribution system, and that's a load of crap.

The idea there is probably something along the lines of preventing developers from selling their game for $0.99 and "unlocking" it in-app for $59.00.

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Re:EA “Gives Away” 1000s Of Free Games Due To No Server-Side... by theevocater on Monday October 15, 2012 @02:04AM (#4653965)
steam isn't an open 'app store' though. It is entirely curated through valve. Valve chooses the games to list and if they aren't happy, they will not ask you to list with them. They could easily refuse to sell games if you did that.
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