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It's certainly against one of Valve's rules to use a VPN to access Steam. I've never heard of anyone getting banned for it though.
TIL I've been breaking the TOS for years. I regularly use a VPN to access steam, though only incidentally as the machine is usually connected to the VPN all rhe time. Never had a problem.
It’s only against it if you use the VPN to switch to another region.
It might actually be unenforceable, I'm surprised they haven't quietly dropped it, but I think it's there so they can bust people for abusing a VPN to cheat the system (Buy games where the exchange rate is more favorable for an American gamer)
People abusing that is also often brought up as a reason or at least excuse for publishers to bleed developing countries dry when it comes to pricing, ask me how I know :/
I feel so bad for countries that had to settle for what's known as "SlavJank", because back in the day the tax on imports was so high that doom cost you 5000 dollars. The ones that didn't have copyright laws at the time and thus could get bootlegs really easily had it lucky.
Btw, anyone ever hear of the Eastern European exclusive Monkey Island sequel "Donkey Island" ?
Yeah, I've always expected they reserve it for people mass buying games from other regions. Or at least some legal defence if someone complains about people playing games that aren't allowed in their region.