I definitely agree- but there is a lot of work that would go into making this safe for the community! Think of this situation: You want a totally 100% no-strings-attached free game. But some of th...
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I definitely agree- but there is a lot of work that would go into making this safe for the community! Think of this situation: You want a totally 100% no-strings-attached free game. But some of those strings, like CC details, or even just creating an account, are some layers of protection from attacks against Stadia and the servers. If you offered a way for people to just click a link and play a game directly in the browser, and it was a full, free, multiplayer game, someone would most definitely find a way to DDoS the entire network, trying to take down all of Stadia's server farms by completely overloading it with millions of connection requests. I know it's a pipe dream to think that you could link your friend a URL and they just click it, and go into a game with you, but the steps of setting up an account, registering it with at least an email address, that goes a long way to providing security and stability for the entire platform. That being said, I would ABSOLUTELY love to see the sign-up process streamlined, and would love to see a shift from "give us your CC info you're subscribed to Pro now!!" and more of a focus on "hey welcome to Stadia try out these free games and if you want more after 30 days just pop in your CC info and you'll get more :)". I think a lot of folks would be happy to sign up, if all they had to do was pop in their gmail account, make a password, and accept a short 1-page intro and then bam, they could enter games with friends.