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I guess the problem is the store. The app allows to access valve's store (which is far cheaper than games in the apple store). If they remove the ability to buy games I am sure the remote desktop app would be ok.

I am guessing anyway

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I have a hard time with this explanation, as the Steam Store is already available through the iOS Steam app which is available on the Apple app store.

You can't buy games using the Steam Store app.

The Steam app? You sure as heck can buy games through it.

You can buy games with the existing Steam app. I do it all the time during the sales.

My bad, I remember trying to before and being unable to, I just assumed it would be the same situation as the kindle app.

You can't buy games that are in the iOS store from within the Steam app

I'm assuming it could be relating to the inability to play a game you've just bought, if limited to just the Steam Store app.

That alone isn't exactly competition against the first-party's store.

Wait so TeamViewer, Remote Desktop etc. are all banned in the Apple world because I can use them to buy things from other stores?

And yet the Steam Store app is available on the iOS App Store.

This is a very strange decision.

It's a fluff app for messaging and so on, no actual gaming.

Yes, but it allows access to the store - directly contradicting rafadc's theory.

The difference is in the steam store app doesn't actually enable you to play the games on the phone itself, while the steam link app will let you do exactly that.

> so TeamViewer, Remote Desktop etc. are all banned

If they were wrapped up in a single package that was marketed towards buying and playing those games, using the same logic they quite probably would be.

So steam should release a game streaming app that’s separate from a store app.

But they disabled the store on the streaming app. So in function it was separate.

You know what let's me access the Steam store (and many others)? Any VNC client to my other computer.

Or just the regular Steam app. Check the screenshot page on the AppStore and you'll see the store with prices and all.

Valve has said that they disabled the store and got blocked anyway.

I don't have any apple products, however can you buy a RDC app and remote to windows and buy apps in the windows store?

The ability to buy games was removed from the Steam Link app.

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