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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It will probably outlast Stadia’s duration

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hope this doesn't end up abusing family sharing (it's been just a few months since it became actually useful) to the point Valve nerfs it back to what it was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I haven't really been keeping track of it for a few years, what's changed that made it better recently?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/4149575031735702628

TL;DR: Simultaneous library sharing. Before, only one user could use a library at a time. Now, up to 6 users can simultaneously play any game from the same library.

This is what Netris is touting users to exploit when they say:

Steam Library Sharing

Grant access to your Steam library, so everyone on your team can join in on the fun without additional purchases.

A "Team", lol wut?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Neat, now my family can play non-split screen games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, this is going to be fun! Google, AWS, or some other cloud provider will turn this into a hosted service, create a bunch of tickets for the opensource project and never contribute everything back, piss off Valve in the process, and somebody will get hurt.

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