Valve’s Steam Link App Now Available
Valve’s Steam Link app, which is designed to let you play Steam games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV has finally made its way to iOS and is available for download as of today.
Valve first announced the Steam Link app in May 2018 and planned to launch it soon after, but Apple ended up rejecting the app due to “business conflicts.”
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Valve said that it would remove the ability to purchase apps from within Steam Link in an effort to get Apple to approve the app, which may have allowed it onto the App Store. When connecting Steam Link to a PC or Mac, the main view is of your library, aka the games you’ve already purchased, and there is no readily apparent option for purchasing content directly on your iOS device.
Apple is always looking out for the customer experience.
I’m sure the antitrust ruling had nothing to do with its sudden appearance
Users scared Apple might arbitrarily kill a third-party app availability (SteamLink). That’s the world we live in now.
Previously:
- App Store Monopoly Lawsuit
- Valve’s Steam Link App Rejected From the App Store
- Purchasing From the Kindle App
Update (2019-05-17): John Gruber:
It seems bizarre to me that it took a year to resolve this, but I’m glad Apple decided it correctly.
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I'm looking forward to the changes Apple will make to avoid a bad ruling. This is a good start.
Next is ending the customer hostile process of requiring all purchases to go to the App Store or IAP. It's so silly I have to go to amazon.com instead of the Amazon or Kindle apps to buy a book.