• Confused_Emus@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    So how does Steam tell their own users’ usernames apart if they’re mostly duplicates? Something smells like bullshit.

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      6 months ago

      I assume they’re talking about player names, not usernames - steam usernames are unique, but steam player names can be whatever you want and are often duplicates.

      • Maalus@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Except for the fact that there are ways to differentiate accounts uniquely, like SteamID. Games have access to it, obviously. Hell, even external websites do, like trading bots. You log in through steam and they know who they need to trade with.