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I agree that Family Sharing could be less restrictive but it's not quite as bad as you describe. You're already limited to the number of "Family" accounts on a
by thw0rted 7y ago
I agree that Family Sharing could be less restrictive but it's not quite as bad as you describe. You're already limited to the number of "Family" accounts on a single system, and I believe also to the number of systems where a given account can be "Family enabled". I also hasten to point out that it's arguably the least restrictive sharing system of any digital storefront on PC or any console.
Also, you can buy licenses for a game on more than one account. If sharing is enabled for accounts A, B, and C on a set of computers, C can use a license from A or B, if both own the game. The trick is that it tries to use the license of the person who enabled sharing most recently. So if A enables sharing, then B, but B is currently playing a game, it won't let C play a game that both A and B own. You can log in as B and disable sharing, then it will work. Alternately, there are tools to fix this automatically by editing config files -- and in retrospect, they probably work because of the security flaws mentioned in an earlier thread...