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People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.

Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.

The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.

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ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What if he really wanted to make it up to you? Is there anything he could do to apologize?

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- uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it.
  
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- A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  HALF. LIFE. FUCKING. THREE.
  
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  - ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Exactly. How tf do you propose to get it if you digest him? You’ve hit on the crux of the issue here.
    
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

friends/chat was offline for literally months

Friends lists didn’t work reliably for years.

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chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I only got Steam when HL2 released because I had no need for it before then. I don’t remember having any real negative feelings about it.

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