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Without any flashy marketing campaigns or social media fanfare, Valve rolled out a routine Steam Client update containing a very simple line in the patch notes: “Improved Steam Client startup performance.”

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was only very recently you could even look at your own games library. The ecosystem couldn't/wouldn't tell you if you owned a game or not.

They have zero social integration features and it's 2026.

Anybody who defends them is delusional, EPIC are absolute garbage, they are not competing with Valve despite what people keep saying. There is no competition.

It was only very recently you could even look at your own games library.

Really? I am definitely unfamiliar with their launcher, but I could have sworn you could view your library.