<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@mdiluz" class="u-url mention">@<span>mdiluz</span></a></span> yep precisely, it annoying users is just a general win for it being banned</p>

<p>Decky Loader for Steam Deck gets a store upgrade to show currently installed plugins clearly <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/decky-loader-for-steam-deck-gets-a-store-upgrade-to-show-currently-installed-plugins-clearly/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/deck</span><span class="invisible">y-loader-for-steam-deck-gets-a-store-upgrade-to-show-currently-installed-plugins-clearly/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteamDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SteamDeck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteamOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SteamOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeckyLoader" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeckyLoader</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> FWIW this is surely mainly to prevent F2P ad-funded games publishing and distributing on Steam and Valve not taking a single penny</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> it&#39;s a good thing, but their motives are not fundamentally different than the app store disallowing 3rd party stores. </p><p>Sometimes corporate greed aligns with consumer interest, but usually not.</p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> steam doing it the right way!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> big implications for all those game launchers if true (and if the rules are granular enough to disallow them in the launchers too)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> this is great news.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sparr" class="u-url mention">@<span>sparr</span></a></span> you have a very narrow definition of spam then</p><p>if it&#39;s run on linux: it&#39;s fair game as far as I care</p><p>this purist look is tired, old and stupid</p>

<p>Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valve-ban-advertising-based-business-models-on-steam-no-forced-adverts-like-in-mobile-games/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valv</span><span class="invisible">e-ban-advertising-based-business-models-on-steam-no-forced-adverts-like-in-mobile-games/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a></p>