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Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta.

Features:

up to 5 members
game sharing
parental controls
- allow access to appropriate games
- restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
- set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
- view playtime reports
- approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
- recover a child's account if they lost their password
child purchase requests

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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social -2 points 8 months ago

This isn't Steam specific; this applies to almost every digital marketplace. Yeah, it sucks, but there's some things you just have to accept. When's the last time you bought a physical copy of a PC game?

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 14 points 8 months ago

You don't need to buy physical copies. Games from GoG and, for example, itch.io can be downloaded DRM free.

[-] blue@ttrpg.network 10 points 8 months ago

Yeah, it sucks, but there's some things you just have to accept.

This reminds me of a certain CEO who said gamers need to "get comfortable not owning games" so that subscription models can grow. I can imagine so, so many gamers in a couple years saying this sentence about that and so many more new exploitative practices.

The truth is, we don't need to accept it. They need us to accept it so they can get away with it.

Pushback is crucial.