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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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[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I have issues with this even with 3rd party applications. Wanna play PokeMMO, an emulator that doesn't even exist on Steam, on your Steam Deck while you're waiting to respawn in Trouble in Terrorist Town? Fuck you, you're disconnected from that server now.

Guess I'll just use my phone then, jfc

this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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