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 10 months 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 10 months ago
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 10 months ago
Apart from Steam, which platform does that?
CXORA@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Cap the storage space required.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 10 months ago
It should be negligible anyways
buttnugget@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wonder if there is an explanation on their site or something.
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 10 months ago
There isn’t help.steampowered.com/en/…/1902-2D54-E445-59DD
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 10 months 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 10 months ago
That’s a better explanation, but Steam still allows for much bigger friends list if you craft badges, so pay