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In same time Steam support accounts are completely independent from Steam store accounts. Anyway my point is: Steam is not dating website or social network that
by SXX 11y ago
In same time Steam support accounts are completely independent from Steam store accounts. Anyway my point is: Steam is not dating website or social network that collect tons of your personal information.
By not having account deletion procedure they don't hurt anyone's privacy, but just save average user from one more possible pain in ass for no reason (because they wouldn't be able to delete accounts for real anyway).
- gnufied 11y agoFor majority of users who use any kind of ingame purchase (dota, TF2 hats) - Steam stores credit card information etc. I know one can pay using Paypal but I dunno how many users use that option. So, Steam does store personal information of users period. It is not very different from any other service. On other hand, allowing users to delete their accounts can help with kicking serious gaming addiction. It usually takes time before you can level up a new account for playing at skill levels you were. Part of me thinks, Valve does not allow deletion of accounts precisely because of this.
- Karunamon 11y agoNah. Valve only runs two games that meet that description, TF2 and DOTA2, and "resetting your progress" is as easy as burning all your items.
- SXX 11y agoSaving of credit card information is optional on and it's can be removed with one click. There no big difference between trust service that it's going to remove this data or whole account. And idea that some people going to remove somebody else account to "help with gaming addition" is good reason to not implement removal.