No leaving a Steam account in a will after you die according to Valve

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t wait until the EU explains to them where their place is.

  Also, do people of Lemmy still think Steam is the best company ever?

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  • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even with this they are still in the running for “Least Bad”

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  • CluelessLemmyng@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Considering that all of the platforms have the “non-transferable” clause in their EULAs… It seems to be an industry issue, not a Steam one.

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, but no one’s pretending Epic is good, while the sentiment that Valve is somehow pro-consumer is thrown around a lot.

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  • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The bar of big gaming companies is so low that a company that isn’t actively trying to gouge its customers is seem as exceptional

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is a reply by a lowly employee completing a support ticket. Just because the circumstances are different, they won’t do much asking around and treat it the same as someone asking “can I give my account to my brother”.

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Both of which is equally horrible. Yes, you should be able to give what you bought to anyone, including your brother and it should automatically transfer to whoever you (or your country’s laws) think should get it when you die.

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• owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hopefully more people shift to companies like GOG. Can’t get everything on there, but I’ve got quite a bit.

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  • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does GOG allow it? I expect theres a clause for that in their TOS too.

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    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      GOG has always been big on non-DRM and giving you direct access to the installers. They do have a launcher, which likely has similar terms as Steam, but there’s no way to enforce the way people use installers.

      So it’s more similar to physical media–there’s still legislation, but I don’t believe “passing on” a game would be any more illegal than passing on a physical disk.

      And GOG has always been in favor of this model, to my knowledge.

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    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can literally just download copies of all your games and give them the installers, even if it’s in the TOS, there’s nothing stopping you from bequeathing them practically speaking.

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I'm on Linux, so no. Absolutely not.

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    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m also on Linux. There are plenty of games that run natively. I still use Steam for those I can’t get on GOG, but there are plenty you can.

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  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think there are other companies like GOG. How about just shifting to Good Old GOG?

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    • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Buying physical media is another option. But yeah, I’m not aware of others either.

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• Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well good luck finding out it’s actually my grandkids playing my 2008 copy of Left 4 Dead

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• AceBonobo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At some point Gaben will retire and an MBA will run steam into the ground.

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• AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I die, I am absolutely making sure someone I like gets password access to my accounts on various services. Don’t care if it’s against TOS of various services. That’s their problem, not mine.

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• VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m not saying this is a good thing, I’m just saying I thought everyone already knew this with Steam.

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