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Steam's startup time is completely reasonable.

What would a reasonable time for startup be in your eyes beyond 5-10 minutes before you play your games once a month? 1 minute? Instant?

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I would prefer it if the update is unimportant if it downloaded it while steam was running and installed it when it starts up next time. But at least for me I seem to always have to wait for a download, which is especially annoying when trying to play with friends

If you leave Steam running in the background that's exactly what happens, and it does the same for any games installed.

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