@arstechnica the only way in which steam could guarantee that we get to keep our games is if they provide a DRM free download. Anything else cannot be guaranteed.
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Always wondered about this. Seems a bit of a rip off that you pay for things that then disappear when you die, which I assume is what Steam is hoping for.
@arstechnica We’re already accustomed to the idea that software has a shelf life of a worm. It’s the accounts that are going to be causing conflicts in families, haha.
@arstechnica I'm kind of okay with this. Steam sales are common and deep enough that we get our money's worth out of the games. Passing our games onto somebody else is not really an issue to me.
That said, when I pass, I plan to leave my wife my password manager's master password. So if she wants to continue playing my games, she can. The idea of passing down a digital library for 10 generations or something doesn't seem plausible.