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  • Re: Steam updating multiple times a day rant!

    From rms@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 25 14:41:38 2023
    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day >just to have more ads pop up when it opens.

    Yep. I've disabled updates (changed to update on launch) on all
    installed games, and generally just shut down steam entirely when I'm not planning on playing a steam game. It's gotten out of hand.

    rms

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 25 13:32:21 2023
    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day just to have more ads pop up when it opens. Why does it need to update and restart more than once a day? Let alone week!

    Have they started down the evil path at long last?

    Or did they do that a long time ago and I just noticed? I did notice in Dec they were updating a lot, I just may not have noticed any other evil stuff they're doing.

    - Justisaur

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Wed Jan 25 21:29:21 2023
    On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:32:21 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day just to have more ads pop up when it opens. Why does it need to update and restart more than once a day? Let alone week!

    Have they started down the evil path at long last?

    Or did they do that a long time ago and I just noticed? I did notice in Dec they were updating a lot, I just may not have noticed any other evil stuff they're doing.

    - Justisaur

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    I hear ya!

    And why are games that are about 3 years or more old still updating??
    That doesn't happen with GOG and other games.

    -pw

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Thu Jan 26 09:26:09 2023
    On 25/01/2023 21:32, Justisaur wrote:
    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day just to have more ads pop up when it opens. Why does it need to update and restart more than once a day? Let alone week!

    Have they started down the evil path at long last?

    Or did they do that a long time ago and I just noticed? I did notice in Dec they were updating a lot, I just may not have noticed any other evil stuff they're doing.


    Not much help here but I can't say I find that. Indeed I can't remember
    the last time it did. I think (could be wrong) that it's normally
    associated with here's some ads that appears in a separate window.
    Possibly it varies from region to region?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to rms on Thu Jan 26 10:20:29 2023
    On 25/01/2023 21:41, rms wrote:
    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a
    day just to have more ads pop up when it opens.

      Yep.  I've disabled updates (changed to update on launch) on all installed games, and generally just shut down steam entirely when I'm
    not planning on playing a steam game.  It's gotten out of hand.


    I can't say I find it, updating games, a problem so I just let it do
    it's job in the background.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Thu Jan 26 10:37:22 2023
    On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:32:21 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day just to
    have more ads pop up when it opens. Why does it need to update and restart >more than once a day? Let alone week!

    Have they started down the evil path at long last?

    Or did they do that a long time ago and I just noticed? I did notice in Dec they were
    updating a lot, I just may not have noticed any other evil stuff they're doing.


    I haven't experienced this recently, but it has happened in the past.
    Sometimes Steam would update, start running, then minutes later demand
    another update.

    But this wasn't some nefarious ploy by Valve to destroy our sanity,
    just a bug in the updater where - for whatever reason - the updated
    version either wasn't recognized or wasn't applied correctly.

    Eventually it would work itself out. Until then, a bit annoying.

    Are there more adverts in Steam? I mean, the storefront is arguably
    nothing but, but that's sort of to be expected, and it is only for
    games they sell. There aren't any adverts elsewhere, are there?
    Certainly no pop-ups.

    I've a number of issues with Steam, but that's not one of them.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Thu Jan 26 08:51:51 2023
    On 1/25/2023 1:32 PM, Justisaur wrote:
    I feel like Steam is updating requiring restarting it multiple times a day just to have more ads pop up when it opens. Why does it need to update and restart more than once a day? Let alone week!

    Have they started down the evil path at long last?

    Or did they do that a long time ago and I just noticed? I did notice in Dec they were updating a lot, I just may not have noticed any other evil stuff they're doing.

    It is? I haven't noticed but then I don't keep the Steam front end up
    all the time. Or ever really. And I don't use it to start any Steam
    based games I have, I still do individual shortcuts on my desktop since
    I rarely am playing more than 2 or 3 games in the same month.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Jan 27 10:27:35 2023
    On 26/01/2023 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Are there more adverts in Steam? I mean, the storefront is arguably
    nothing but, but that's sort of to be expected, and it is only for
    games they sell. There aren't any adverts elsewhere, are there?
    Certainly no pop-ups.


    Occasional y I get the separate ad window on Steam start-up that you can
    click through to see if there's anything interesting.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to JAB on Fri Jan 27 14:06:30 2023
    JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 26/01/2023 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Are there more adverts in Steam? I mean, the storefront is arguably
    nothing but, but that's sort of to be expected, and it is only for
    games they sell. There aren't any adverts elsewhere, are there?
    Certainly no pop-ups.


    Occasional y I get the separate ad window on Steam start-up that you can click through to see if there's anything interesting.

    I wished we could disable this pop-up. I never look.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Jan 27 10:48:42 2023
    On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:06:30 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 26/01/2023 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Are there more adverts in Steam? I mean, the storefront is arguably
    nothing but, but that's sort of to be expected, and it is only for
    games they sell. There aren't any adverts elsewhere, are there?
    Certainly no pop-ups.


    Occasional y I get the separate ad window on Steam start-up that you can
    click through to see if there's anything interesting.

    I wished we could disable this pop-up. I never look.

    can't say I've ever seen that. I wonder if once long-ago there was a
    'don't show pop-ups' setting in Steam that has since been removed, but
    is still being honored.

    Of course, now that I've said I never get these sort of pop-ups, I'm
    sure to get one. That's pretty much how these things work. ;-P

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Jan 28 12:01:59 2023
    On 27/01/2023 15:48, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    On Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:06:30 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 26/01/2023 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Are there more adverts in Steam? I mean, the storefront is arguably
    nothing but, but that's sort of to be expected, and it is only for
    games they sell. There aren't any adverts elsewhere, are there?
    Certainly no pop-ups.


    Occasional y I get the separate ad window on Steam start-up that you can >>> click through to see if there's anything interesting.

    I wished we could disable this pop-up. I never look.

    can't say I've ever seen that. I wonder if once long-ago there was a
    'don't show pop-ups' setting in Steam that has since been removed, but
    is still being honored.

    Of course, now that I've said I never get these sort of pop-ups, I'm
    sure to get one. That's pretty much how these things work. ;-P

    I did check under Settings->Interface and there's an option about
    notification of updates, new games etc. I've now disabled it.

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