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[–] throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But I was already planning on leaving mine to my son.

Guess he just gets my username and password.

Note to self, turn off 2fa before I die

[–] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago

I left the 2fa on! Too la

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

All I have to do is leave the username and password to my steam account and email address to someone else in my will. 🤦‍♂️

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[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

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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[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago
[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Do you think Valve is going to start deleting accounts over 100 years old?

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Means you don't own anything then. It is a lost autonomy. Once lost, you will only lose more with time.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
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[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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