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QiiNRG 9 hours ago

Update All Button

I would like to suggest an Update all button. Sometimes I don't get on for a bit because of work and/or a bunch of games have an update on the same day. It would be really nice to have an Update all button instead of having to drag each game into the update section! :D

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Ettanin 9 hours ago

There's a simple reason why it's not a thing:
Valve wants you to download on demand and not to hoard. Bandwidth costs money.

Since covid, the CCU and, by extent, consumed bandwidth, has risen sharply to the point that massive downloading became unsustainable. That's also why Valve has changed to do downloads only when you truly need them instead of downloading when it was right on available, depending on your recent activity, scheduling games you rarely play for later.

By only making it convenient to install and update games you actively play, Valve saved on resources and didn't need to further expand its CDNs.

Any further form of automation would mean that people begin to hoard downloads again.

QiiNRG 8 hours ago

Originally posted by Ettanin:
There's a simple reason why it's not a thing:
Valve wants you to download on demand and not to hoard. Bandwidth costs money.

Since covid, the CCU and, by extent, consumed bandwidth, has risen sharply to the point that massive downloading became unsustainable. That's also why Valve has changed to do downloads only when you truly need them instead of downloading when it was right on available, depending on your recent activity, scheduling games you rarely play for later.

By only making it convenient to install and update games you actively play, Valve saved on resources and didn't need to further expand its CDNs.

Any further form of automation would mean that people begin to hoard downloads again.

I see, thank you for the information and taking the time to explain this! I really appreciate it.