Real-money-and-equivalent gambling could be removed from Steam completely
As the entire betting and gambling market is outside of steam, the only thing they could do is removing the entire steam marketplace, which would be a pretty impactful step that overall would just take a fairly cool feature away. I think it’s honestly pretty cool that I can make use of skins or other items in games that I no longer play, much better than playing a game, having plenty of skins and then do nothing with them.
As for child safety, Steam already has parental control features. I don’t know how extensive/useful are they, though.
Idk either, but from what I know, child safety features in most platforms are pretty extensive and powerful these days.
As for how Steam Family mode works: you can lock the account behind a pin. Without unlocking, you cannot access the store or any community features. Also, every game in your library must be manually added to “Family view” or it will not show up.
So the child has to ask if it can have access to a game, which is necessary anyways since children don’t generally have money. Probably a good concept and very similar to how apple or microsoft structure their child safety features.
Or, hear me out on this one…
Real-money-and-equivalent gambling could be removed from Steam completely. No age verification needed.
As for child safety, Steam already has parental control features. I don’t know how extensive/useful are they, though.
As the entire betting and gambling market is outside of steam, the only thing they could do is removing the entire steam marketplace, which would be a pretty impactful step that overall would just take a fairly cool feature away. I think it’s honestly pretty cool that I can make use of skins or other items in games that I no longer play, much better than playing a game, having plenty of skins and then do nothing with them.
Idk either, but from what I know, child safety features in most platforms are pretty extensive and powerful these days.
As for how Steam Family mode works: you can lock the account behind a pin. Without unlocking, you cannot access the store or any community features. Also, every game in your library must be manually added to “Family view” or it will not show up.
So the child has to ask if it can have access to a game, which is necessary anyways since children don’t generally have money. Probably a good concept and very similar to how apple or microsoft structure their child safety features.