Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'

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Valve doesn't sell ad space on Steam so it can make room for surprise hits: 'We don't think Steam should be pay-to-win'
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Amazon is also a store, but they have sponsored listings that get preferential placement. Not technically ads, but very similar idea...

here's the kicker: amazon sells their own product at the public market owned by amazon, undercutting any other seller on near-exact things.

imagine if valve made knockoffs of every famous game and just redirected every search to them.

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