Since some Lemmy users have asked me via DM and also searched my other socials to ask me about my old bypass I thought I’d share my new one with Lemmy too.
I also uploaded the source in case anyone wants to look at it (or even extend it, who knows).
Sorry for the extraordinary wait.
Edit: Removed most of the post and added git link.
What’s the Steam Family Sharing Lock?
For example if your family sharing library has 1 license for a Game only one of it’s members will be able to play it simultaneously. This modification disables that lock for everyone using it
Does it put you in offline mode or is there some other kind of magic?
The lock is client sided, that’s the magic. You can play online just fine, I use it all the time to play multiplayer with my friends :)
They will ban your account and you will be crying because they took away all your games. Dont abuse the system is pretty generous already.
Projecting much? I’ve been using mods like this for a good decade. Also Valve has way bigger fish to fry with their shitty abusable shop system, all the people selling Steam market items on other websites and so on. The list is long
You know what community this is in, right? It’s all about bypassing and abusing the system to get shit for free
Edit: Corrected some false statements on my part.Edit2: Undid first edit because seems like I got fed false informationsHuh? Thats not true. Dbzero the creator of this community is pirate by principle to fuck the bad companies , not to abuse and get shit for free from companies that treat their customers okay.
Well then sorry for spewing false nonsense. I know Lemmy will flame me for this but Valve is still a soulless corporation fucking everyone over. Just not as much as most others
You’re not spewing false nonsense, that person is talking out of the ass, and trying to push their own personal opinions about piracy and DRM bypassing as if they are objective or officially sanctioned by the community moderators or the instance staff. They are not. Their opinion that we shouldn’t use these tools because Valve is somehow good is just that, an opinion. Not a very correct one at that since Valve has shown they aren’t good guys before like this person says.
far be it from me to defend any corporation, but doesnt this send wrong kind of a message to them? They didnt need to make family sharing, let alone remind you if you can already play a game through it when purchasing one. This isnt typical behaviour and should be allowed a little slack for it, to show other corporations that not being asshole is more profitable.
If valve goes bad then nothing is too horrible, but until that, its kind of bad form to stab a hand that offers a little kindness, even if their ultimate goal is to just make money by staying on top by having good will. I dont think we can expect to get anything better.
other corps dont seem to be getting the message that not being asshole is more profitable, but I think valve can very easily start thinking that being nice is weakness if that is exploited.
Ok @[email protected] Let’s settle this debate, does the dbzer0 instance and/or the Piracy community here push the “Good Guy Valve” stance and thus consider this bad practice, or do we consider Valve to be like any other company which uses DRM in regards to this situation. That is to say it is permitted and encouraged like breaking any other DRM.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this matter.
If dn0 isn’t available, another community mod or instance admin can feel free to answer this, I CCed you in the bottom of this comment. I apologize if the ping was annoying.
CC: @[email protected] @[email protected]
I guess, do whatever fits your budget and/or conscience? I don’t think we push a particular philosophy. Folks pirate for different reasons.
Personally, I pirate just about everything but do buy what I like from indie devs. Bonus if it is on GOG.
Fantastic! Thanks for this.
No problem Mr. Ace! :)
Damn that’s insane. We always had a bit trouble finding games to play together that we all have, waiting for a sale and what not. This would be really nice to play with some close friends and family.
Yeah, it’s great. Just fyi in case you wanna family share with your friends and Steam tells you “…not living in the same household…” is easily fixed by login into your friends account on your PC and vice versa.
You can use Rustdesk for that, so you don’t have to tell each other your passwords. Just keep in mind that families are restricted to 6 members atm
We got tailscale installed on all of our devices with them connected to my PC so I think using exit node will solve the IP issue. Thanks for the tip.