I wonder how that will work in reality to older people?
Google/Steam/Microsoft: “We need you to verify you are over 16.”
Me: “Seriously? I’ve been buying stuff from you on credit card nearly that long, and my account was created over 16 years ago.”
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Almacca@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Not just teens. Everyone.
Nath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 months ago
If tumblr tries it im gonna fucking laugh, that account is 13 years old. Did you think i signed up when i was two?
No1@aussie.zone 7 months ago
This is gonna be such a shitshow.
The day it goes live will be the first time a lot of people even find out what their political overlords
signed them upsold them out for.Nath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
If I’m being truthful, I did sit down one day and make Steam accounts for my kids when they were little. I love the idea of their mates asking about their Steam accounts with 10+ badges. They were 5 and 2 at the time. They’ve also had their Google accounts (family Google Workspace email) since infancy. Yep, Daddy is a nerd.
I didn’t however make them Facebook, Reddit, or Tumblr etc. Daddy isn’t crazy.
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Yeah they keep phrasing this as something “kids will face” and how, exactly, will sites know it’s a child who should be protected from the evil internets and not me, a post menopausal woman nearing fucking fifty?
They won’t.