go to your library there is ads for updates for your games.
I have no problem with patch notes
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Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 5 months agoIt 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.
Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
freebee@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It’s an ad if the update is a DLC.
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 5 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.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah, for games. Ads for games on steam makes sense. Ads for Toyota on steam doesnt.
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
Ads are ads, just because it from the same ecosystem is moot.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ok buddy, next youre going to tell me the stuff you see on the shelves in the store are ads lmao
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
That’s an apt comparison actuall, since yeah stores do have ads as well as products….
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Hate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
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?
Schmidtster@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
If people bitch about ads, than they shouldn’t find those acceptable either.