Steam new policy limits users’ features to those who spend 5$

Valve revealed their new policy for their digital platform Steam yesterday. Apparently, to get most of the features of your account you will now have to spend at least $5 on the Steam store, or just give up on various features like sending friendship requests and chatting from mobile and browser.

The new step came to further fight the Scammers attempts to hack into their victims’ accounts and belongings. You can still use the free account to play free to play games and other basic features but what you won’t be able to do is the following:

• Send friend invites
• Open group chat
• Vote on Greenlight, Steam Reviews and Workshop items
• Participate in the Steam Market
• Post frequently in the Steam Discussions
• Gain Steam Profile Levels (Locked to level 0) and Trading Cards
• Submit content on the Steam Workshop
• Post in an item’s Steam Workshop Discussions
• Access the Steam Web API
• Use browser and mobile chat

What do you think? Are you happy with spending at least $5 to get those features that prevent scamming ?