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Completely irrelevant ofc that the Steam Client is much more than a glorified game shortcut collection with a shop.
I've had it where my Linux machine boos too fast and I see a red mark fly by in the sea of green check marks. So then I have to go check boot log because display was too fast to read on startup
Indeed. Steam client is an Electron app that can display advertisements, too.
https://i.imgur.com/08dhZb5.mp4
The Steam client uses CEF not Electron (which also uses CEF), not that the distinction is very important
Your link isn't working for me