Valve is one of the few companies that has historically honored people’s bequests and allowed bequeathing their libraries to other after they die. Unlike say Apple who has outright said that your iTunes purchases disappear into the ether when you die.
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MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 16 hours agoTell me again how many discs valve is selling? What happens to your steam account when you die.
I like valve, but don’t fool yourselves, Gabe N does not give a shit about the customers any more than Asha or Hideaki.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Why would I want more plastic crap? I have zero issue with this.
My account is my entertainment, I see no reason to have it after I die. My kids don’t want it, they have their own.
The savings and convenience far outweighs any second hand retail. I am glad I don’t have to burden my kids and family with even more physical crap they would have to toss out.
qaeta@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Well, that’s just objectively incorrect. Gabe at least recognizes that piracy is a service problem and being consumer friendly is more profitable in the long-term. People like Asha and Hideaki can’t seem to figure that one out no matter how much evidence is given to them.
wopalopa@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
i love steam but he does raise a good point. vavle explicitly said that steam acc is legally not transferable. there’s no second hand market and your library is legally gone for good when youre gone.
no matter how good valve is right now. the threat of enshittification is real, and will remain so until the discourse of the right of owning digital game is settled.
qaeta@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Oh yeah, Steam is not perfect by a long stretch. It mostly looks good by comparison with it’s competitors who appear to take being gently asked NOT to shit directly down their customers throats as basically a death threat. Was just pointing out that saying Gabe doesn’t give a shit is incorrect, as he does give a shit insofar as giving a shit has actually turned out to be the best long term strategy for Steam.