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Steam to remove support for legacy (international) family sharing (imgur.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I didn’t realize the new Steam family sharing was so detrimental to close ones away from each other. Their Guide & FAQ is clear with their intentions:

While we know that families come in many shapes and sizes, Steam Families is intended for a household of up to 6 close family members.

To that end, we expect the requirements for participating in a Steam Family to change over time as we monitor its usage and add requirements to keep usage in line with this intent.

Last line is pretty brutal. Apparently even family members living in the same country & different household might be in for a surprise eventually. That’s really saddening because at first glance this overhaul sounded amazing considering a single game was locked by play instead of the whole library.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Completely anecdotal but I was able to add my brother-in-law to my Steam family without any problem and he lives about 125km from me.

The requirement is absolutely something more arcane than "same household" and Valve are keeping quiet on the actual specifics. It's possible that the fact that I've been there multiple times and have logged into Steam on their wifi in the past was enough to confirm that this is a place with close relation to me. Who knows though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just like all the steaming services. They'll look the other way for a time, but then crack down whenever it makes the most financial sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

As long as we support Epic then we can avoid Steam’s enshittification

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The idea is that it makes it so you don't have to mess with save data when you can access your big brother's pc

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tip: You can share your library with someone by giving them your account sign in information, having them download what they want to play, and then having them turn their device's internet off. This will allow you to continue using your account as normal, and your friend will be able to play the games they downloaded at any time as long as steam is not allowed to connect to the internet. If it is connected, they can play the games as long as you are not playing something on a different device.

*Only share your account info with someone you absolutely trust. It's always a risk to share credentials but use your best judgement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

"*Only share your account info with someone you absolutely trust. It's always a risk to share credentials but use your best judgement."

As someone who is estranged from my blood family, it's interesting to me how this category of people who I would feel comfortable sharing my credentials with maps pretty well onto who I would consider to be my found family

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