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> steam was terrible when it came out Do people really think this? I remember applying updates to CS before steam and it was awful. Steam streamlined that an

by waymon 3y ago

> steam was terrible when it came out Do people really think this? I remember applying updates to CS before steam and it was awful. Steam streamlined that and gave us a much needed friends list. I never ever thought steam the application was a bad.

blibble 3y ago
the friends list didn't work for 5 or so years and neither did the download limiter (not a big deal these days, but on dialup... yeah) the UI was exceptionally slow and it took forever to do anything this wasn't a meme for no reason: https://imgur.com/a/bpGpe0o https://imgur.com/a/bpGpe0o
- waymon 3y ago
  ha, im just forgetful. thank you.
- jonatron 3y ago
  I spent ages looking for that meme recently, thanks!
wredue 3y ago
Internet and DRM back then were absolutely shit. So a company coming along and embracing DRM in a consumer friendly way during a time where DRM was rightfully a major topic of contention put a lot of negativity out there. Few people then knew that it was way ahead of its time, and even fewer knew how much of a fight valve would be putting up against capitalist regimes trying to kill gaming.