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Valve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile games (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

That is the only reason here.

That's not a bad thing though. It means their profitability is aligned with preferences of their customers rather than a kind of "managed dissatisfaction" business model.