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Epic Games Bragged About Beating Steam’s Boot Times So Valve Dropped A Patch (www.eteknix.com)

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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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[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 point 11 hours ago*

The market leader being lazy is not a conspiracy theory. It is perfectly reasonable to assume that a competitor showing it can be done better motivated Steam to improve their product. That dynamic is a main reason why competition is good for the customer.

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