@rayeth: You're right. It's definitely a step in the right direction for all of us. But let's face it, this is really just a way for you to do what most people are already doing (giving people access to their steam accounts) without the security risk of someone changing your password or getting you banned in a multiplayer game.
I was super excited when I read the first few paragraphs, but this actually makes my particular scenario worse.
My wife loves Dragon Age: Origins. Loves it. She's probably beaten it 8-10 times now. She's always asking to play it, it's on my Steam account, so I let her just log on and play it. She is super against (and logically so) me buying her a copy because it's a waste of money. Why would we spend money on a copy for her if she can type 8 digits into steam and get access to it? So I thought this plan would finally solve that, until I read that only one user can access the library at a time. Now, if she's playing DA:O and I want to play a game, i just log in and boot her off of steam and the game keeps running. With this, she would be forced to quit out? Dumb.
This is just a more restrictive, more secure way to share your games. No thanks.
Why is this cool? If only one person can be playing through your library at the same time, this isn't any different from just letting them log into your account and playing. I suppose since you don't have to share your password, it's more secure, but I have a hard time seeing how this is a "big thing". This seems more like really good marketing- label an utterly mundane new feature with a name that calls to mind one of the better parts of Microsoft's dropped policies, reap the publicity, and hope people don't pay attention to the very key differences.
I was really excited until I read the FAQ, now i'm super apathetic.
I've only been on the site for about 6 months, but as soon as I heard the bombcast I immediately purchased a premium sub. You guys have been my morning and evening commute and have nearly killed me at the gym when I'm trying to concentrate on lifting or running, only to have my resolve shattered by side splitting laughter. I feel like I've lost a friend. I am so sorry to everyone who was close, or, like me, admired what he did from afar.
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