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Valve confirms your Steam account cannot be transferred to anyone after you die | Your Steam games will go to the grave with you (www.techspot.com)

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They also don’t let you transfer purchases if for instance you’re being stalked

Had a friend lose a thousand games that way

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

Friend could have in theory just authorized their steam library on the computer and played them through a different account. The "family sharing" thing.

[-] flappy@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Don't you have to be friends for that? I believe there was a website that showed your friends list, even if your profile was set to private.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

You might be right, I thought that specific function wasn't dependent on being friends but I am not sure.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Wait, what does stalked mean in this context? Aren't you able to block people on Steam?

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