Family sharing - Why do i still need to pay?
Me and my brother are having some trouble with the steam family sharing function, we wanted to split our account because we want to play our own games at the same time, but when we were younger we made an account together so that we didn't have to pay two times for the games that we both wanted to play. When my brother made his own account, he could play all our and his own games but H1Z1 with told him to pay again, Why is it so? and how do we solve it? (H1Z1, is his game and not mine which means I'm not interested in playing it, and he payed it himself)
Best Answer
Only one person can access the shared library at a time.
Can two users share a library and both play at the same time?
No, a shared library may only be accessed by one user at a time.
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Can you family share without sharing payment?
If you're the family organizer and you don't want to share a payment method with your family, turn off purchase sharing. When purchase sharing is turned off, you can continue to share subscriptions like Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade. When Purchase Sharing is turned off, everyone must use their own payment method.Does Apple charge for Family Sharing?
Family sharing has no cost. It is a free feature.Who pays for purchases in Family Sharing?
One adult in the family \u2014 the family organizer \u2014 pays for everyone's purchases. You can share apps, music, books, and more.Can I use my own payment method with Family Sharing?
As stated above, when you are part of a Family Sharing group, the only payment methods that will be used before the group organizer's credit card are gift cards, prepaid cards and store credit. Your own personal credit card will not be considered.How Family Sharing works — Apple Support
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Well the family sharing feature is focused on the library being in use by only 1 person at any given time. now if you both have different accounts and different computers and on account is sharing with another there is a workaround.
If one goes into a game and then goes offline, the other user can still use the library since it registers that the library is no longer in use. An obvious thing to point out is that this wont work with games that require you to be online(purely multiplayer and such)
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