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'
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'
"We're surprised all the time" by which games take off, says Steam's Erik Peterson.
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Those can be turned off.
4 0 ReplyI have nothing against them personally but they are undoubtedly advertising and are turned on by default.
7 0 ReplyYeah, but hardly aggressive. They only popup when you start steam. If you leave it running, even with the option on, you never see them.
4 0 ReplyI dunno pushing ads on every boot seems at least a bit aggressive (remember that steam auto starts by default on Windows).
2 0 ReplyBoth 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.
2 0 ReplyFor me, aggressive doesn't necessarily have to mean non-optional.
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