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Same household only? Why can't they just allow a certain number of people in your "family" use it? I have no kids, but I'd like to allow my siblings or in-laws use my games. They live in different cities.
You can likely use it from different physical locations. But just know that I'm order to set it up, you have to login with your account on their computer at some point to enable the family sharing feature. So unless you go there qnd do it, or remote into their computer to do it, or give them your password, you can't use that feature. Some level of trust in each other is required.
I doubt it, because I think that's literally how it used to work