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by gumballindie 951 days ago
It could be improved yes, but that’s an acceptable kind of issues. Steam’s important functionality works well and is reliable - package management for games. It doesnt spy on me, doesn't push crap, doesnt use dark patterns. We need more apps like steam tbh.
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I wouldn't say it works well. On some machines it takes ages to start up and will always say it's updating even though it isn't. The ingame browser that is used to view the store breaks often and thenI can't open it inside Steam at all. On Macos, the system menu completely stops working most of the time and I can't exit the app normally, I have to kill it instead.

OK, the core functionality of downloading and running games works. But I think we can expect a little bit more from a billion dollar company.

not acceptable when other stores did it. I guess that's my problem with the steam fanbase at times. Almost cult like how it upplayes the benefits and downplays the flaws.