I imagine so they can always have the decision to make you pay for a expanded friends list later
Comment on im frend :(
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 month agoWhy are friend list size limits a thing? Except for UI, it shouldn’t be a problem. And a simple search feature fixes the problem
dickalan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
Apart from Steam, which platform does that?
CXORA@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Cap the storage space required.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
It should be negligible anyways
buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wonder if there is an explanation on their site or something.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
There isn’t help.steampowered.com/en/…/1902-2D54-E445-59DD
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Maybe to limit account theft. One account with 10,000 friends gets compromised and thats 10,000 people who can get phished, each if whom might have thousands of friends
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 month ago
That’s a better explanation, but Steam still allows for much bigger friends list if you craft badges, so pay