Comment on Steam users in the UK will need a credit card to access “mature content” games

• mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is an US-based news article. They don’t know the difference between credit and debit cards. Debit cards will work, too. (As per this article.) And you basically get them thrown at you with any bank account.

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  • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Update: Debits do not work. You need a credit card.

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    • mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Huh, you’re right. Just checked my account again and I now see this message:

      Under the UK Online Safety Act, Valve is required to verify that you are 18 or older before accessing mature sexual content. If you wish to do so, please add a valid UK credit card to your account and afterwards update the Mature Content Preferences.

      That wasn’t there a few hours ago.

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      • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah, I think this is pretty poor from Steam. Especially if this expands in scope beyond the pornslop games to include stuff on the level of Cyberpunk or Baldurs Gate - which I assume it would have to per OSAs standards.

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  • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/age-assurance

    Which seems against OSA guidance

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• ladfrombrad@lemdro.id ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Indeed.

  Reminds me of the Android Market Play Store and not being able to use PayPal back yonder and having to use a throwaway top-up, debit card if you wanted to buy apps. Ewww.

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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    e: the online Safety thing can suck my plums?

    Typical UK government solution look at a problem and find the absolute worst solution possible and run with it

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    • ladfrombrad@lemdro.id ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They’re reactionaries that think their VPN to the Houses of Parliament is some magical thing that they can monetize and control.

      And they can fuck off.

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