simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoValve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile gameswww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1628arrow-down16 cross-posted to: technology@zerobytes.monstersteam@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.onlinegaming@lemmy.zipsteamdeck@lemmit.onlinelinux_gaming@lemmit.online
arrow-up1622arrow-down1external-linkValve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile gameswww.gamingonlinux.comsimple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square54fedilink cross-posted to: technology@zerobytes.monstersteam@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.onlinegaming@lemmy.zipsteamdeck@lemmit.onlinelinux_gaming@lemmit.online
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days ago Garbage like that has no place anywhere. If app developers can’t get money from paid apps, then it makes sense to run ads. Especially if they do offer a paid (ad-free) version. But if it’s a paid app already, like in Steam, it should definitely be ad-free.
If app developers can’t get money from paid apps, then it makes sense to run ads. Especially if they do offer a paid (ad-free) version.
But if it’s a paid app already, like in Steam, it should definitely be ad-free.