nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoValve 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'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up11.08K
arrow-up11.08Kexternal-linkValve 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'www.pcgamer.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squareIMALlama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoAmazon is also a store, but they have sponsored listings that get preferential placement. Not technically ads, but very similar idea…
minus-squareDym Sohin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agohere’s the kicker: amazon sells their own product at the public market owned by amazon, undercutting any other seller on near-exact things. imagine if valve made knockoffs of every famous game and just redirected every search to them.
Amazon is also a store, but they have sponsored listings that get preferential placement. Not technically ads, but very similar idea…
here’s the kicker: amazon sells their own product at the public market owned by amazon, undercutting any other seller on near-exact things.
imagine if valve made knockoffs of every famous game and just redirected every search to them.
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