Thats my question why cant we
Not sure why, but I believe it will be a great new feature for Stadia profiles.
The quickest way to let Stadia team know about your request is to submit feedback. You should submit from Stadia app or Browser (icon profile > feedback)!
Hello @MidNightLeel
As @AndroiFy said, sending this feedback to the team is a good idea. But, just to help understand one possible reason why this is not supported, the problem with custom profile pictures in Stadia is the potential for abuse. This would require a feature to report inappropriate profile pictures, staff to review those reports (with appropriate training to produce consistent decisions), and back end features to support that process (replacing truly abusive pictures, issuing strikes, tracking abuse of the abuse reporting system – yes, this happens – et cetera). This is certainly all possible, and I would not be surprised if it was on a feature backlog already. But, it requires effort and recurring expense, so it has to be compared against other features on the backlog when allocating limited engineering resources. I know it seems like Google should have "unlimited" engineering resources, they also have a huge number of products and services that all need resources, so there's always competition.
Just like the epic @JohnZoidberg mentioned, the potential for abuse is significant. That is why you'll see other companies (like Nintendo) have similar restrictions. Love the idea though @MidNightLeel - you should totally do what @AndroiFy mentioned!
Not sure why, but I believe it will be a great new feature for Stadia profiles.
The quickest way to let Stadia team know about your request is to submit feedback. You should submit from Stadia app or Browser (icon profile > feedback)!
Hello @MidNightLeel
As @AndroiFy said, sending this feedback to the team is a good idea. But, just to help understand one possible reason why this is not supported, the problem with custom profile pictures in Stadia is the potential for abuse. This would require a feature to report inappropriate profile pictures, staff to review those reports (with appropriate training to produce consistent decisions), and back end features to support that process (replacing truly abusive pictures, issuing strikes, tracking abuse of the abuse reporting system – yes, this happens – et cetera). This is certainly all possible, and I would not be surprised if it was on a feature backlog already. But, it requires effort and recurring expense, so it has to be compared against other features on the backlog when allocating limited engineering resources. I know it seems like Google should have "unlimited" engineering resources, they also have a huge number of products and services that all need resources, so there's always competition.
Just like the epic @JohnZoidberg mentioned, the potential for abuse is significant. That is why you'll see other companies (like Nintendo) have similar restrictions. Love the idea though @MidNightLeel - you should totally do what @AndroiFy mentioned!
In Dota2 some people use Nazi logo and other bs as their profile pics.
Unless Stadia has moderator team, I can see why they don't want it.