• Reminds_Me_Of_Reddit@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Who’s notifying Valve someone with an account has died? Link the dead person’s account to a steam family and enjoy the inheritance.

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      7 months ago

      This isn’t a huge deal yet but I suspect that if it becomes a huge deal we might see companies start trying to verify their oldest accounts.

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        7 months ago

        You’re account is tied to an email address, you just give the email address as well.

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      7 months ago

      If you will a steam account to someone, there is a chance that there are disputes/claims for the account that need to be settled in court.

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      The interesting question is what happens if Valve is still around after all of us are long gone and there are millions of 150+ year old accounts, many under active use?

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        7 months ago

        In a world that isn’t drowning in late stage capitalism what we call that is the overwhelming gift given to us by the generations before us so that we may in turn give it to the next generation. Video games are only a tiny subsection of those gifts compared to everything else we just get handed for free.

        Wealthy US boomers brutally executed that way of looking at the world though, so literally any form of passing on gifts to the next generation other than being rich as fuck and directly leaving an unbelievable amount of money to your kids is unfathomable or framed as unfair or absurd in modern day society.