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Steam Sales Are the Ultimate Trap for Digital Hoarders

It feels satisfying at first — and then things get bad

Angela Lashbrook
OneZero
Published in
8 min readJan 8, 2020

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Image: Steam

“I think I’m addicted to Steam sales.”

The sentiment, voiced by a user named PM_ME_YOUR_BREAKFAST on a subreddit devoted to the gigantic game store, is easy to empathize with. It’s easy — sometimes too…

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Angela Lashbrook
OneZero

I’m a columnist for OneZero, where I write about the intersection of health & tech. Also seen at Elemental, The Atlantic, VICE, and Vox. Brooklyn, NY.