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1) By default, the Epic launcher appears to advertise "free games" via Windows notification (popups). I never deliberately opted in to this. When I first saw th

by tomc1985 8y ago

1) By default, the Epic launcher appears to advertise "free games" via Windows notification (popups). I never deliberately opted in to this. When I first saw the notification, I was certain I had some sort of spyware on my system. It looked like a spammy advertisement you see in free mobile games. I don't believe even EA/ORIGIN has been gutsy enough to try something like this. Funny, for years Steam did this too. In fact it's only recently that I can't recall seeing one of their announce popups

nodja 8y ago
I don't recall steam ever doing this. And I've used it since the HL2 days. Are you confusing it with the popup that shows on steam startup?
- djfdat 8y ago
  What popup are you referring to? If it's the login popup, that is Steam starting up at Windows startup...
  - ntnn 8y ago
    He means the huge window that opens after starting steam and logging in. The window usually has multiple pages with current deals.
- tomc1985 8y ago
  I'm referring to the deals popup that appears in the center of the screen announcing sales. Back in the day its appearance pissed me the hell off
- gsich 8y ago
  It's this: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28415/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-ad-popup-that-appears-when-you-close-a-steam-game https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28415/is-there-a-... And it was/is default on.
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lillesvin 8y ago
Been using steam since 2011 and I've never seen an OS level notification about ... anything. There's a window that pops up with information about current deals when you open Steam (after it's been completely closed), perhaps that's what you're thinking of?
- tomc1985 8y ago
  Those deals popups are even more intrusive than OS notifications. I'd be minding my own business on my PC, Steam minimized and not being currently used, then suddenly... popup! I'm sure they've tuned it down since but back in the day I remember being quote offended at the manner that it was shown to me
  - lillesvin 8y ago
    I'm not sure what you mean by "back in the day" but for as long I can remember, those deals pop-ups have only been shown when I started Steam and opened the main Steam window. And then it isn't shown again until next time I start Steam, so if I have Steam running for 30 days, I only see it once in those 30 days—when I start Steam. It's never popped up on me while Steam was minimized or even just unfocused. Anyway, if it was as bad as you say, clearly Valve has learned a thing or two and dialed it back, which I think it a net positive. In my mind, using OS notifications to advertise deals is much, much worse because we should be able to trust that our OS notifications are relevant and useful, not that they're ads and spam.
    - tomc1985 8y ago
      In the distant past they would spawn as an unexpected popup out of nowhere

nodja 8y ago

I don't recall steam ever doing this. And I've used it since the HL2 days. Are you confusing it with the popup that shows on steam startup?

djfdat 8y ago
What popup are you referring to? If it's the login popup, that is Steam starting up at Windows startup...
- ntnn 8y ago
  He means the huge window that opens after starting steam and logging in. The window usually has multiple pages with current deals.
tomc1985 8y ago
I'm referring to the deals popup that appears in the center of the screen announcing sales. Back in the day its appearance pissed me the hell off
gsich 8y ago
It's this: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28415/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-ad-popup-that-appears-when-you-close-a-steam-game https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28415/is-there-a-... And it was/is default on.

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lillesvin 8y ago

Been using steam since 2011 and I've never seen an OS level notification about ... anything. There's a window that pops up with information about current deals when you open Steam (after it's been completely closed), perhaps that's what you're thinking of?

tomc1985 8y ago
Those deals popups are even more intrusive than OS notifications. I'd be minding my own business on my PC, Steam minimized and not being currently used, then suddenly... popup! I'm sure they've tuned it down since but back in the day I remember being quote offended at the manner that it was shown to me
- lillesvin 8y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "back in the day" but for as long I can remember, those deals pop-ups have only been shown when I started Steam and opened the main Steam window. And then it isn't shown again until next time I start Steam, so if I have Steam running for 30 days, I only see it once in those 30 days—when I start Steam. It's never popped up on me while Steam was minimized or even just unfocused. Anyway, if it was as bad as you say, clearly Valve has learned a thing or two and dialed it back, which I think it a net positive. In my mind, using OS notifications to advertise deals is much, much worse because we should be able to trust that our OS notifications are relevant and useful, not that they're ads and spam.
  - tomc1985 8y ago
    In the distant past they would spawn as an unexpected popup out of nowhere