Submitted 6 days ago by yuumei@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
I was told I needed to provide ID on Steam.
I’m 43 years old and my account is 21.
When i pointed out that my account was older than the legal age for someone to drink alcohol and that from their records they could see my debit card, name and address history meant I was obviously old enough to not be affected by the Online Safety Act they just shrugged and said “computer says no”
Try emailing Gabe directly. Historically he has been quite receptive to well written personal emails asking for his intervention, and maybe you’ll prompt a policy change that makes things easier for everyone who’s Steam account is 18+. Worth a try.
Thanks!
Ahhh yes, the inscrutable machine says so
For me this was automatic. I saw a message saying that because of my email address and account, they could see I must be over 18 so there was nothing for me to do.
Flowers after the beating 🥰
Use a grapheneOs provides appearance and class, every housewife has an iphone, nothing special about it
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I was actually thinking of switching to iPhone because of how enshittified Android has gotten lately and how used apple stuff isnt that much more expensive anymore.
But no, fuck Apple. We have no laws here that require this shit, but im sure we will, if not on paper, then like this with de-jure laws and compliance-in-advance from the corpos.
I will resist for as long as I can against any govcorp that pulls this shit. I’m not going to be handing out my ID just to use a computer or browse the internet, I’m not gonna verify shit, whatever it takes, this is a red line for me and i am willing to forego whatever convenience or entertainment to avoid it.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Until a prime minister is lynched, you’ll keep getting screwed, and lashing out at the wrong people is going to make things better. Apple doesn’t give a shit about people in the UK.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Lashing out at the wrong people? Who’s that exactly?
I blamed “govcorp” in my post, by which i meant the corporations, the capitalists who own them and the bastards that protect them and serve them in government run by and for the corporate scum in an increasingly fascistic manner.
Who do you think i should be blaming? Immigrants? Trans people? Young people? Muslims? Because thats what the papers owned by the aforementioned ‘govcorp’ bastards would like you to think. Blame the weak. Blame the vulnerable. Blame anyone but them.