Why is this allowed?
>>319725336
because of scamming faggots.
>>319725336
http://store.steampowered.com/news/19618/
The general gist:
>Account theft is getting bigger and bigger
>So big that hacking is pretty much a big business
>Bandaid fix is duplicating items for affected users but this only hurts the value of rare items and doesn't deter hacking
>People getting hacked aren't just new users and retards
>Valve's solution is their own two-step mobile authenticator
>It's either that or they completely remove Steam Trading altogether
Move along
>>319725824
Also, if Valve's fraud rates get too high, they will no longer be allowed to accept credit card payments at all
>>319725824
>People getting hacked aren't just new users and retards
how is this even possible?
>>319726965
If you thought your generation was naive, the latest batch of millennials takes the cake.
They are the most easily scammed group ever due to their lack of critical thinking skills and inability to assume that someone could possibly have malicious intent.
>>319725336
This is to protect stupid people. Everyone else has to pay the price.
It's also because Steam are cunts and want to slowly destroy their own trading system.
They just keep making it harder and harder, it's their not so subtle way of turning people away from trading outside of steam (Paypal etc).
>>319726965
>redditors and CSGO "professionals"
>not retards
>>319727296
The second part of your post makes literally no sense, are you okay?
IF you're dumb enough to get scammed, you probably deserve it.
A bunch of regulations and new anti-fraud countermeasures isnt going to make people less retarded. It will make them MORE retarded, and the scammers and hackers will just find alternatives like they always do.
>>319727426
>The second part of your post makes literally no sense, are you okay?
Feeling a bit slow today are we son?
>>319725336
>that one guy that connected to a CSGO server via IP and got a RAT instantly installed onto his computer and had his account stolen
>>319727426
Not that anon but thats literally what it is:
>"This impacts the community tremendously and trade as a whole. Not only are smartphone users essentially screwed, but websites that fueled the economy and community will vanish. Surprising how a community market sale came out just as opskins and other sites will be hindered. A large number of traders will be leaving the community, and a large number will be forced to abide by these trade restrictions (and a ban upon cancelling a trade).
According to http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-tech... 64% of adults own smartphones. A fair percent of those adults do not use android or ios smartphones as well. Along with this, many people from other countries use steam. Therefore, it can be assumed that a relatively large sum of users do not have smartphones (further support can be found on the old petition).
This update will cause players to leave, sites to die, and in turn a decrease in prices. Do we want trade restrictions? Do we want a large sum of users to leave? Do we want betting/opskins/many great community sites to die? Do we want prices to crash?
This cannot possibly be simply for security. Valve's motives seem so clear. Why would Valve be shutting down a number of websites that "hinder" its profits? Why would Valve at the same time add a discount to the market? Seems pretty clear, they are trying to get users to come to the steam community market. What they don't realize is that they are taking away 3/4 of the things that fuel the economy and make them money in the first place." http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/steam-escrow-petition
>>319727653
what the fuck
>>319727653
Haha, people like this actually exist?
>>319727874
Must be nice living in your bubble of stupidity.
>>319727653
This guy is right.
>>319728037
>This guy is right
>Poster count didn't rise.
Hehe
>>319728082
>hehe
mmmh.
>>319728082
>Poster count didn't rise
Hey, it didn't rise with your post either... OMG WHATS GOING ON GUYS
>>319727653
Why can't you just download an android emulator (Bluestacks, etc.) and install Steam? Does it not work on emulators?
>>319728758
will give a try, thanks anon.
>>319728758
Why can't you just download an android emulator (Bluestacks, etc.)
Why the fuck should people have to?
Why is being forced to run an emulator every time you want to log into steam "An okay thing" to do?
>punished because I dont want to give Valve jews my phone number
Fuck Valve more and more every day. Bunch of kikes turning in to Google: Gaming version 2.0.
>>319729542
forgot to bump
