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[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I cannot imagine they’re going to keep family sharing as is - currently a couple of buddies and I shared a family account and now we all have access to over 700 games. I only had to coordinate with one of them, we all basically chained off each other. The abuse must be massive.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I was under the impression that if someone is playing a game from your library you can't access it unless you boot them out (or you put steam in offline mode, meaning no updates or multiplayer for the duration). Is that no longer true?

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can just play another one of the 700. If you want to play together then you need multiple copies.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooooooh. I was under the mistaken impression that your whole library was locked down, not just the one game. Good to know!

[–] Drigo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They changed that in an update a couple months ago, so it's only the game that is being played that's locked and not the whole library

Update: Steam news - Introducing Steam Families

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, guess I'll never kick my old roommate off then.

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