So is a flat rate life rental rather than a purchase, the nth stuff that is not of your property but a concession...
this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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All I have to do is leave the username and password to my steam account and email address to someone else in my will. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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This is Valve thinking ahead - when we invent the ability to respawn, we can just log back in like death never happened.
What Stream support have sent that person is probably an accurate representation of what happens when you apply their policies as written. Write another article if they are seen enforcing it.
Luckily, SteamDRM is usually easy to bypass, so if that happens one could prepare accordingly.
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Do you think Valve is going to start deleting accounts over 100 years old?
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Means you don't own anything then. It is a lost autonomy. Once lost, you will only lose more with time.
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It's unlikely that would survive a lawsuit. If they claim the games have value, as evidenced by then having a price, then that value can be transferred.
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