Has anyone else noticed that Steam no longer requires self-updates that restart the client?
from NRay7882@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 22 Oct 2024 23:08
https://lemmy.world/post/21156937

It’s been awhile since I’ve noticed this honestly, probably around the time they refactored the library & different views for your games but I realized that those annoying self-updating client packages that would restart steam seem to be a thing of the past. I was looking through my download history and the thought occurred to me that Steam hasnt forced a restart on me in so long.

For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, it would be a popup like this that would come up 5-10 minutes after steam was running.

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Tash@lemmy.world on 22 Oct 2024 23:59 next collapse

I’ve seen the same thing. Seems like the new behavior is to just let me login, play, and it will get what it needs in the background and automatically update on next launch.

Makes sense not to bother me to update a 0.1 release change after launch (unless it’s urgent) when I just want to play Tetris.

Isn’t this the same behavior web browsers use? Background download and update on next launch?

Not complaining, I prefer this update cycle as default.

thermal_shock@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 2024 21:30 collapse

yeah, it updates at every launch basically, like Spotify app

iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works on 23 Oct 2024 00:49 next collapse

I don’t think I’ve seen that update window in years.

Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 23 Oct 2024 00:51 next collapse

I still see it semi-frequently, but more because I don’t use my computer as much and it’s usually off. So after a week of non-use, Steam has often accumulated enough updates to necessitate a reboot.

It is still not nearly as frequent as new Nvidia drivers needing a reboot, though.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 23 Oct 2024 02:03 next collapse

I forgot that existed.

emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Oct 2024 04:51 collapse

I feel like this is probably due to the steamdeck and so much steamos functionality requiring steam to be running.