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Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)
submitted 7 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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[–] Rinox@feddit.it 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's the only way I can see it working. Otherwise, you could just make infinite cheat accounts.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i mean theoretically they could just make it count as a strike, and if your account gets 3 strikes this way then your account is out as well

[–] 0xD@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago

That's two cheating incidents too many.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Well, 5 cheat accounts a year.