Loose what account? My Steam accounts are not tied to my servers in any way, nor does Valve have any way to determine which accounts are mine even if they did find I had a hacked server that was not displayig any ads. OTOH, I hope we don't have to hack servers to disable advertisements. Valve looks the other way when we have to hack content to get a hl1mp source server working, but hacking your server to disable advertisements is a real good way to get the Valve Land Sharks to come and visit you. Valve, like many companies, has grown to the point where they are not adverse to pissing off a few people if they can make more money in the long run, and they have a lot more money to throw at lawyers then most of us on this list do. Pity, really, but it seems to inevitably happen to companies as they become more and more successful
Look at this from Valve's perspective. They know that advertisements will cause them to loose customers and the associated revenue. They also know that advertisements generate revenue. The real questions is, will they gain more from the advertisements then they will loose from the loss of customers? Valve thinks they will. Only time will tell whether it was a wise move or not.
You are not allowed to remove them, according to Valve. You are at risk os possibly losing your account if you do. This is a guess at this time about losing the account. But I do know for that, that you are not allowed to. I'm trying to get an FAQ made up for all the info that pertains to the ads.
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