B seems like a huge issue given that there are lots of adults who are not eligible for a credit card.
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Nighed@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Screenshot is from here
It’s the best option I can think of, not privacy invasive stuff. My only concern would be if it’s good enough. My only problem is that it requires you to have a credit card.
communism@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The best option is no agewalls
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 month ago
There should be age walls for some stuff. What that stuff is and how the walls work is up for debate.
In this situation (a store) using a payment method as the age wall works well. In other use cases it would not be as good.
IMO: the new law is overreaching, they needed to set up privacy protecting ID verification system first if they were going to go that far. It’s an own goal so far…
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I disagree with that. Privacy is not the only reason to be against agewalls, though in its current form, it is a big one. Agewalls are inherently discriminatory, and there is no reason children should not see sexual, mental health support, or LGBT+ content online besides puritanism.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
My money’s on this being implemented as a compromise/capitulation to the payment processors Valve’s feuded with. Visa and MasterCard probably asked for this.
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Ironically, this means that they are more likely to be used to pay for porn games though…
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Oh 100%. But I guess this is sort of a liability thing, Valve saying "Look. We want to sell the porn games and Postal 2 either way. But we’ll verify the customers so you wont get heat for ‘handling the transactions of minors’ "