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• Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is, but steam does have its own form of advertising. Their front page is all ads for games and sales, go to your library there is ads for updates for your games.

  It just seems to be acceptable since it’s their ecosystem content, but it’s still ads for all intent and purposes.

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  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, for games. Ads for games on steam makes sense. Ads for Toyota on steam doesnt.

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    • Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ads are ads, just because it from the same ecosystem is moot.

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      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok buddy, next youre going to tell me the stuff you see on the shelves in the store are ads lmao

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      • Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ads are ads, just because it from the same ecosystem is moot.

        so should Steam not have any game discovery features? Is it bad for Steam to display “trending games” because it’s technically advertising them by showcasing them?

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  • Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    go to your library there is ads for updates for your games.

    I have no problem with patch notes

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    • freebee@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s an ad if the update is a DLC.

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    • Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except it’s for any “game news”……, so if they are peddling another game of theirs, it shows up there as well. Of we are selling a plushie, it’s there in the same place.

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