Nope. The $5 is there for a very good reason. Quite frankly, it should be more. $15 at least, and restricted accounts should be more restricted in terms of posting priviledges.

Nope. Spend the $5.

By spending that $5 USD it prevents bad actors from making throw away accounts to spam users with scams.

And it also prevents bad faith actors with limited alts from posting too much in the forums as well.

No. Just spend the 5 bucks.

It also discourages people for making a ton of burner accounts.

If you could do that, it would defeat the whole point.

You must at least buy a coffee to sit in McDonald's and bum their wifi.

there's a reason they Have that paywall In place...

What scammer wants to PAY money in order to scam people???

That and Valve needs money to maintain their servers...

And Gabe Need yet another yacht...

Oprindeligt skrevet af Thiesen:

What scammer wants to PAY money in order to scam people???

The casual scammer? None if they're (a) patient and (b) hook enough gullible people they don't need to. But mass-scale scammers? 5 USD per account for a hundred or so accounts isn't going to even register. Of course that level of scammer isn't going after Steam accounts, as they aren't worth enough and it's a hassle turning them into real money. Far easier and much more profitable to run romance or Nigerian prince scams.

So, that online romance with a Nigerian prince is all a lie? I feel such a fool. ;)

No, there is no way of bypassing the spend requirement for new accounts. It's there for good reason to be fair.

Also, you don't need to actually "spend" the money -- just putting it into the wallet is sufficient.