Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

further point. shouldn't anyone who already made purchases with a bank account of ANY kind be green lit as an adult?

No, cause kids can have bank accounts as well.

Every store(at least in 'MERICA) has a legally protected right to refuse service to anybody. Some refusals may be absolutely retarded, but they can do it. And the public fallout may be a consequence of such blocks/refusals. It would seem logical to allow an account that owns the game to access the store page and forums,etc of that game, however, the system might not be able to reveal if you bought it yourself or got it as a gift from somoene else. If that system were to reveal this info then that might be a very minor violation of a very major HIPAA violation.

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

further point. shouldn't anyone who already made purchases with a bank account of ANY kind be green lit as an adult?

No, cause kids can have bank accounts as well.

see: children are already bypassing the age verification

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

No, cause kids can have bank accounts as well.

see: children are already bypassing the age verification

Its all non-sense in the end. This online safety law is garbage and the politicians that created it and approved it should be rotting in jail forever.

Originally posted by Ω Arkandor:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

see: children are already bypassing the age verification

Its all non-sense in the end. This online safety law is garbage and the politicians that created it and approved it should be rotting in jail forever.

preach it louder king

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

yes this is about the OSA lmao. i shouldn't be barred from the store pages of games i own simply because it requires age verification now. i already have the game this means i already bought the game with my own money

further point. shouldn't anyone who already made purchases with a bank account of ANY kind be green lit as an adult? considering y'know you need to be an adult to have a bank account
"Oh but children will use their parents credit card to bypass that!" they're already doing it with the current age verification lmao

You might be correct reasonably. The law might not be reasonable. And from Valve's standpoint it's going to be better to do too much, and refine things as ambiguities are clarified.

Everyone is probably going to need to be patient despite all their opinions.

Originally posted by Ω Arkandor:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

see: children are already bypassing the age verification

Its all non-sense in the end. This online safety law is garbage and the politicians that created it and approved it should be rotting in jail forever.

The laws are widely supported by the public.

Sorry, but you have to blame the mums and dads, not the politicians.

Originally posted by Pocahawtness:

Originally posted by Ω Arkandor:

Its all non-sense in the end. This online safety law is garbage and the politicians that created it and approved it should be rotting in jail forever.

The laws are widely supported by the public.

Sorry, but you have to blame the mums and dads, not the politicians.

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users!

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

Originally posted by Pocahawtness:

The laws are widely supported by the public.

Sorry, but you have to blame the mums and dads, not the politicians.

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users! :feste:

Don't worry, VPN's will fall under the same ID rules to stop people using them to get around the checks, it's been noticed and logged.

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

Originally posted by Pocahawtness:

The laws are widely supported by the public.

Sorry, but you have to blame the mums and dads, not the politicians.

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users! :feste:

Yes, because they want to bypass the verification.

The government don't care about that. The laws are not intended to stop anyone accessing porn if they want to. They are intended to stop accidental access when people don't want it. Especially for kids. There are plenty of adults too, who don't want to accidentally access.

Originally posted by Piston Smashed™:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users!

Don't worry, VPN's will fall under the same ID rules to stop people using them to get around the checks, it's been noticed and logged.

noticed, logged. and going to be completely impossible to implement since you can host your own VPN's on certain machines

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

Originally posted by Piston Smashed™:

Don't worry, VPN's will fall under the same ID rules to stop people using them to get around the checks, it's been noticed and logged.

noticed, logged. and going to be completely impossible to implement since you can host your own VPN's on certain machines

We'll see

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

Originally posted by Pocahawtness:

The laws are widely supported by the public.

Sorry, but you have to blame the mums and dads, not the politicians.

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users! :feste:

Lots of people support laws they think will only impact others. Also does that 2000% increase represent 51% of UK population?

Originally posted by nullable:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users! :feste:

Lots of people support laws they think will only impact others.

Absolutely and, depressingly, true. Have some points.

Originally posted by nullable:

Originally posted by Arch-Magos Wicked:

the laws are so widely supported by the public. VPN's reported a 2000% increase from UK users!

Lots of people support laws they think will only impact others. Also does that 2000% increase represent 51% of UK population?

i'm just saying what VPN's were reporting. a drastic increase in use is what vpn's like surfshark, nord, ect, were reporting. some gave a 2000% some just said "A stark increase"