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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)
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[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I didn't have the time to play it, tried to play it once and it didn't work. I have a life and it often gets in the way, especially if I buy something on sale with the intention to play it later.

I'm honestly surprised you are defending it; if my car, bought new, stopped working through my continued usage in its first year, it would be repaired for free. A game which I booted up once after three weeks wouldn't work... And I get told "no". Not really acceptable. 30% fee for zero accountability and my money lost.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A car isn't at max $70 lmfao, you're comparing completely different worlds of cost. Also depending on where you buy said car, that isn't the case lol, you buy a lemon... Get fucked it's capitalism baby.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago

Or my phone, or my TV, or my (insert device here).

Faulty goods are faulty goods.

Err no. Grow up.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that without that rule, you can just buy a game, go offline and play the entire game, then return it. You could essentially play any game you wanted to for free

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

That already happens; I've got a few thousand games on Steam so I'm not taking the piss when I want to refund a faulty game. My total is probably five or ten refunds in the life of my account (almost 20 years).