Use a VPN client on your router, it'll protect you against WebRTC leaks and it'll automatically work for your phone and other devices. Asus routers have VPN support out of the box, for other routers you can use OpenWrt/DD-WRT etc.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/2ugf53/so_how_does_t...
So, you can generally get away with it as long as you don't buy things that happen to use regional pricing / region locking. Not a great compromise.
In general, using VPNs is against their policy. But more importantly, Steam support is non-existent. If you get banned, it's a complete dice roll whether you can reach anyone at Valve, let alone restore your account.
I can't imagine losing thousands of dollars worth of games, and even if the risk is minute, I'm not prepared to take it.
Yep, another case where piracy is strictly better. Unless you enjoy being a serf who can be told "Fuck off and die" at any time.
When will people learn?
Steam's policies rather make piracy the smart option.
Sad :(
Guess I don't want to risk these bans so I'll stop connecting to Steam through my VPN. Thanks for the info!
I really don't know for sure though. Their policy is a mess and their tech support is reminiscent of the automated shenanigans of the bots from Portal.
I think the idea is preventing people in the US from buying games at, say, Russian prices and thus "gaming" the system (which incidentally creates one hell of a debate about globalization).
And indeed, it's probably about the pricing of games in different regions!