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Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta.

Features:

  • up to 5 members
  • game sharing
  • parental controls
    • allow access to appropriate games
    • restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
    • set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
    • view playtime reports
    • approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
    • recover a child's account if they lost their password
  • child purchase requests
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[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I love how they pioneered marketing gambling and loot boxes to children, so visionary

[–] Spedwell@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

CSGO cases pulled $1 billion revenue in 2023. The steam store brought in $8.5 billion in that same year. That's a 30% cut of all sales traffic on steam vs. in-game loot crates on a single title.

Loot boxes pull insane numbers. And yes they exploit children and problem gamblers. Love to see so many Valve fans downvote you :/

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I too love how you can make shit up on the internet

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

It's literally facts lol

The other reply to my comment has some links, but there's no way you like Valve and don't also know about Counter-Strike loot boxes and the third party market sites.