>Australia gooberment asks valve to do age checks for games on steam>Valve: "Ok, if you link a credit card, age verified">Australia gooberment complains it's not enough>Now>Valve: "Ok, if the account is older than 9 years and has had the same email or billing information, then it's age verified. And we're keeping the old credit card option too."
>>750992568valve is shit and i hope they get thair ass raped in court so you fags stop putting illigally pirated nintendo games on steam
>>750992568>Introduktion
>>750992625Eat shit tendie
>>750992625take your meds
>>750992705the only ones eatring shit here are the steamfaggots since theyre consuming the massive amounts of ai hallucination slop ports of nintendo games steam keeps releasing>>750992743fuck off nigger your gaslighting doesnt work here
>>750992568>get raped in court and banned from australia KWAB
based gabesuck a cock aussie government cunts
This shit is same for me as a bong so hopefully its the same too.i cant even get a credit card nor would I ever get one (again)
>>750992568>introduktionalmost made me check
>>750992568>credit cardfuck off cunt
>>750992791aww, did I strike a nerve?
>>750992847I don't think Gabe gives a shit, honestlyYou know who does though? Game publishers. If they can't sell their games on Australia because Australia banned Steam it's going to be a very funny shitshow
My account is barely legal in several countries.
Just ban the UK and its cuck vassals
>>750992943uhhhhhhhhhh
>>750992943MISTER ADVERTISER, GET DOWN
>>750992568Waow Valve is so fucking based!!! *gives a 30% tip for all games rented (not bought) in my entire lifetime*
>>750992568if you haven't had an account for 10+ years you're probably an underage faggot or just a zoomer early/mid 20s tranny
>>750992791>ai hallucination slop ports of nintendo games steam keeps releasingwhat the actual fuck are you talking about? none of those are on steam
>>750992929cope reddit nigger>>750993056i already told you your gaslighting wont work
>>750992568Why are governments all over so absolutely thirsty for biometric ID?, also apparent having a credit card is not enough anymore...because minors can get them or something.
gabe fears tim
>>750993118provide a link or even screenshot of a single one
>>750992847The UK tried to fine 4chan because it doesn't ID Bongs and that went literally nowhere.
>>750992568>>Valve: "Ok, if you link a credit card, age verified">>Australia gooberment complains it's not enoughthis wasn't good enough because nobody in australia uses credit cards you seppo cunt
>>750993161Excuse Tendiebot, he doesn't understand that PC and Steam aren't the same thing. Nintendo platforms have only one game store and you can't install anything without using it
>>750993152Wow it's almost like companies are extremely responsive to price competition and Valve can only leech 30% due to their monopoly position, weird how /v/eddit repeatedly insisted otherwise
>>750993246all consoles take 30%why be retarded like this
>>750992568holy fuck its real based valve
>>750993149>why are institutions that are collapsing under the gravity of their incompetence and corruption so desperate to surveil absolutely everything to make sure no one is plotting to overthrow them?
>>750993236>nobody in australia uses credit cards you seppo cuntLet me guess you live in the middle of nowhere.I've had one since I was 18 and that was almost 2 decades ago.
>>750993291Steam is not a console and they provide their (non-physical) platform at very low costs, with very high profit margins. Why are we reverting back to the level 0 arguments every Valve thread? Next you're going to tell me fundamental economic theory doesn't apply to game companies because they're greedy or something
does the uk get this tooplease say yes
>>750993236>>750993345It's rather that Debit cards are the norm in Australia, especially among people who are aren't old. Like, people who are mid 30s or younger.
>>750993390you're rightsteam is not a consolethey give the developer and the user way more for that 30% than consoleslook up what it takes to develop a console game, then we'll talk
>>750993345what the fuck would you need a credit card for other than wasting money like a retard
>>750993246If Steam is a monopoly why stop at 30%? Why not go 70% or 80%? That's what monopolies do, single-handedly control the market and gouge prices to the max. Check our the medical sector to see what kind of profit margins real monopolies can get (it's in the thousand %s)
>>750993407No.UKhttps://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6Australiahttps://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/338D-F465-0937-FA65
>>750992969>If they can't sell their games on Australia because Australia banned Steam it's going to be a very funny shitshowAustralia doesn't have that many residents. no one really gives a shit honestly
>>750993487fuck
Crap, I changed my email just last month. Guess I'm still fucked.
>>750993149Social media companies want to filter out the bots from the real people so they can build specific profiles of real individuals, governments also benefit from this by using it as an obvious tool for surveillance
>>750992568I told all you cunts if you just wait then the problem will go away
>>750993484If you always pay off the credit card the next month it's interest free. How old are you to not know this?Using your credit card builds your credit profile, meaning banks are more willing to lend you money for a loan.Also most credit cards have a point system, giving you 1% or so back, not a lot. But it adds up in the long run.
>>750993436aka broke people
>>750993441Low IQ nodev disregarded>>750993485Because Valve value their public image and increasing their cut would be wildly unpopular. In a competitive market they would have decreased it long ago, but they have no pressure to do so. And no, shitlib, recouping R&D costs on pharmaceuticals is not price gouging.
>>750993579Attempting to shame people into getting credit cards so they don't look poor only works in the US, kike
>>750993587Why does an uncontested monopoly value its public image? What are we going to do, move to Epic?
>>750992568console kiddies btfo again
>>750993587phoneposting nigger lmaoconsoles require you to buy a devkit and they're very anal about actually letting you develop the game
>>750993570>If you always pay off the credit card the next month it's interest free. How old are you to not know this?I know that nigger but where's the upside, I'm not broke so I don't need extra money on demandare you the person I replied to? that credit score building shit barely matters in australia, it's only in the US
>>75099324630% is standard though.
>>750993570NOOOOO ITS THE CREDIT CARD THAT GAVE ME POOR IMPULSE CONTROL
>>750993236"credit" card" usually covers both actual credit cards and debit cards. i don't have a credit card but i've never encountered a form asking for my "credit card" that didn't accept my debit card.
>>750993342The worst thing it's weaponised incompetence. Somehow censorship and surveillance laws always pass despite being unpopular while they are utterly incapable of doing anything else.
>>750993690Did you even read the OP?>Please note that a debit card is insufficient for age verification purposes
>>750993149They're just slowly boiling the frogs. The end game is digital ID and digital currency controlled entirely by them. Everything you say, do or purchase will be logged forever. And if you're a bad citizen then you'll find yourself digitally barred from being able to say or do.
>>750993570>Using your credit card builds your credit profile, meaning banks are more willing to lend you money for a loanJust not how it works here, they really don't care about it. If you have no outstanding debts and evidence of steady income that could cover the repayments then they give you the loan.
>>750993631Did a hit a nerve? Credit Cards are popular in the first world including Australia. Just not with you and your poor demographic.
>>750993672you weren't supposed to post that. and especially not think about how Steam bundles more tools and features like forums, workshop, reviews, inventory system if you're gay like that and more.. those are le bad actually because troons o algo
>>750993690Nah, there is a difference. After Valve implemented the initial credit card verification option, bunch of Aussie users who had been using Steam for years said that they still weren't verified as adults, since they had just been using debit cards.
>>750993149We NEED to control every aspect of your lives to ensure that you filthy, stupid slaves never turn on us. We could have done this the easy way. All you had to do is stop pretending to be people, and accept that you exist only to be enslaved and tortured by the rich and powerful. You forced us to do this the hard way by refusing to submit.
>>750993487That's weird, I love in the UK and it's never asked for a credit card from me as a debit card sufficed.is it because I've had the account for years?
>>750992568>No you have to save this user data you don't want reeeeee!!!>Why won't you take responsibility for additional, unnecessary and highly valuable identifying user data?>Yes you will ofc be responsible if anything happens to that data.>Ofc you will now have to adhere to stricter data protection laws :^)>Why yes that means we can "audit" your system whenever we want without a court order>Why yes you carry the cost of protecting and securing that data yourself>Btw we will fine you 5% of your yearly global profit if you even make just a single formal mistake
>>750993487>No.>UK>https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6So this is a nothingburger for anyone who already buys games with a credit card
>>750993487this shit's retarded. the uk doesn't use credit cards either, let me play funger you fucks
>>750992847This is the same thing microsoft did.
>>750992568If banks can't guarantee a person's ID then why would you want their money
>>750993237kek it's funny how this is likely the case and this guy isn't trolling. He probably heard about the decomps and thinks every game is only available through Steam.
>>750993847>64% of adults in the UK have at least one credit card
>>750993690It works like 99% of the time but there are some types of operations are not possible, locked by default or just impractical on debit card. For example car rental places often want you to have an actual credit card so they can put on hold on it.Also as far as age verification goes I've had a debit card since I was 13, but I don't think a minor can sign a line of credit contact anywhere.
>>750993390>Steam is not a console and they provide their (non-physical) platform at very low costs, with very high profit margins.Honest question. If valve's system is easy to implement and has low costs and massive (unfair) margins, why don't a competitor copy them and cut the margins to say a flat 10%? Why don't microsoft or ubisoft or ea offer a steam alternative (for all 3 OS) with a client that is lets say at least 80% as good as Steam and only charges 10%?We are stuck on steam because the competition sucks.
>>750992568why are credit cards not enough?you cant get a credit card if you are underage can you?
>>750992568Kek America is telling you faggots to fuck off
>>750992568>15 year old account>change email once 3 years ago>no longer qualify for automatic check
>>750993979>why are credit cards not enough?Because they want to govern you
>>750993024>*gives a 30% tip for all gamesYou're not the one paying it though. And you don't seriously think games would be 30% cheaper if they were sold elsewhere. The cut is industry standard btw and physical stores take an even bigger one.>rented (not bought)How is Valve going to take my owned games away?
>>750992568>we are looking into how else to comply with these jewish laws without taking or storing your information>even after AuS has said explicitly "account age doesnt count as verification" we will do it anywaySteam once again proving to be the gods of gaming
>>750993847probably because it's only explicit porn games blocked in the uk which are a tiny fraction of sales. i think australia was all 18+ games like cyberpunk
>>750993979Credit cards aren't the issue, the bill stated that some kind of alternative method of verification needs to be available to avoid the issue of people not having what's needed like how nobody had a credit cardValve have decided on their own alt method beyond the approved list
>>750994023Porn games have been banned forever HERE IN GERMANY
>>750994006You need rich and powerful narcissists to do the thinking for you. You are not people, you are things that exist to serve the rich. If they want to torture you to death for literally no reason, that is their right.
>>750994023>i think australia was all 18+ games like cyberpunkIt was any game that would get the sexual content tag
>>750993752Shit will collapse in on itself before they can get this shit working properly. Only in concentrated areas will it function (hence this push for 'walkable citys') basically if your in the 'wilderness' that isn't the few select dystopian cities it will work in, you'll likely be poor yet free. Expect bartering and precious metals for commerce if out of the designated zones. This will be a death sentence for the socially inept inner party types who get cut off but the great unwashed masses will be too numerous to bother with in these shitly run systems. The AI they will try to use will fuck up all the time too (as it does already).Basically, without the actual manpower, these technocrats dream of a true 1984 will never be properly realised. That and when the cullings happen, people will commit more crime and terrorism which will stretch the already fragile infrastructure of it all.Just don't comply and they can't actually hurt you. That the best advice I can give.
>>750993776Stop trying to promote debt slavery, kike.
>>750994137Not hard to pay back what you spent....unless you're a nigger.
>>750994023Weren't all 18+ games de facto banned in autralia until fairly recently because their rating agency didn't have the concept of 18+ game but you technically aren't allowed to sell unrated games? I think I heard that even after the category was introduced they were still obstinate and refused to do their job and give out the ratings.
>>750992568i hope gta6 requires an age check so more people get mad at the government over this
>>750994175Once the tiny hat has been spotted you can never slip back into a manipulative position
>>750993149Because they don't know what they are doing.The entire purpose of this really is "ohhh think of the children", except they're incredibly retarded.Also, lobbying to filtering bots, of course.You can easily see that there's no government surveilance here, because there are basically no standards for how you are supposed to do age verification, there's no unified provider or method for the problem. Everyone just kind of has to do something that looks like it is probably enough.It's just people passing laws on things they don't understand.
>>750994245Call me a tranny next.
>>750994051>the issue of people not having what's needed like how nobody had a credit cardHow else are you going to buy stuff on steam without a credit/debit card or some kind of bank account from a verifiable institution? Is it a gift card problem?
>>750994209>thinking normalfags who wanna play GTA 6 would get mad over an age check
>>750994209that would be the perfect opportunity to normalize it amongst the masses
>>750992568When did they add option 1?It wasn't like that 2 months ago m88.
>>750994317Today.
>>750994317like 2 days ago
>>750994175True but why overspend in the first place? Live in your means or save up. Instant gratification purchasing is for niggers too.
>>750994267Open up a steam transaction and go through the list of payment optionsI could buy shit there using nothing but the money made from selling TF2 hats if I really wanted
>>750992625shut up Tim
>>750992625I wish black death upon yer mom saar
>>750994267It literally says right there that debit cards don't count for age verification and nobody under 60 uses a credit card.
>>750994267you can buy stuff with a debit card but you cant age verify with a debit cardcredit card only
>>750994334I have a CC directly tied to my account, same as my debit card
>>750992568ID checks are bullshit anyways and even more bullshit if a company I'm receiving a service from requires it.
>>750992847anything of value that would be lost from that?
>>750994334It's not overspending unless it is and there are plenty of benefits that come with a credit card. That's why there's one in every successful man's wallet.
>>750994374I don't and can still buy on steam so get bent, I'm not buying a credit card, I don't need one and never will.
>>750992568>the UK Caliphate requires age verification because of Sharia lawLmfao cucked anglos
>>750994417It's ok to be a scared poor man there are many like you.
>>750994419>from the land of the flock cameras, home of the blocked porn sites
If the money from whatever service/bank/institution you're using to buy shit on steam doesn't stick to your personal ID then your money ain't shit, simple as.
Aren't Australians still fully capable of buying Steam games? Just not on Steam Store?
>>750994402Sure sure. Bet you don't even own a house and car (and I do mean own, bought in full, not a mortgage) Mr. Successful.
>>750992568I think that's only if you had your credit card linked for 9 years, it didn't verify me and i had to link debit card. My account is old
>>750994067probs because of UAB.
>>750994487Own all of that and have land.
>>750994331>>750994332sweet.removed CC and can still see mature content.
>>750994440Got the same purchasing power as you. Nice try on a shame tactic though, Jew.
>>750993149something shitty for users on the internet?advertisers were involved.
>>750992625meds. now.
>>750992705me when i fart really hard
>>750994551You live paycheck to paycheck never gaining ground and you will rent for life.
>>750994419It's actually fake news though. Debit is fine if you've owned an account for 3 years (maybe if you try to make one right now idk? Not my problem.)
>>750994209it does to play gta 6 online you have to show your license
>>750994572I don't know how that webm relates to what you said
>>750993957>>Why are we reverting back to the level 0 arguments every Valve thread?Since you said honest question I'll reply. No one sane is going to try to compete with Steam because gamers want to have all their games on one platform, and a central platform already exists. Similarly, game developers want to reach the largest audience possible, so most of them can't afford not to use the biggest PC gaming market. Therefore most of the "value" Steam provides comes from its existing userbase and library of games, and sort of like a social media platform it's popular merely because it's popular (see: "first mover advantage", "network effects"). Most supposed competitors to Steam are not real competitors and exist to serve specific niches (itch, Humble Bundle, GOG). The only person trying to compete with Steam is Tim Sweeney, who is a retard, and we all know how well the EGS is doing.>Why don't microsoft or ubisoft or ea offer a steam alternative (for all 3 OS) with a client that is lets say at least 80% as good as Steam and only charges 10%?Putting how shitty and incompetent those particular companies are aside, this is definitely possible in theory for someone to do. Steam isn't that hard to build and they are ridiculously profitable. The reason barely anyone is bothering to try is because even a client of equivalent quality can't possibly compete with Steam's network effects.>We are stuck on steam because the competition sucks.The competition sucks because it's a waste of time to try and compete with Steam because of network effects.
>>750994209kek the cattle are handing the shit over lmao
>>750992568weird, they already complied with the neo-india (UK) ones iirc
>>750994597*farts at u*
>>750994445>living in a state that requires eitherSucks for you, Jew Yorker
>>750994450Replying to my own post because this seems trivial to me
>>750994523Oh wow so cool,What's the credit for then, faggot? Rent boys? Unless you have serious interest build up per annual there really is little point in a credit card for the vast majority of people. That it daddy will pay it off if your spent too much on poppers I assume.
>>750994209Video games have always had a soft age gate at retail stores. Whether they checked your age was really depending on whether the cashier was a cunt or not
>>750992568EAT SHIT ALBO, YOU AND YOUR AMERICAN CUNT SAFETY COMMISSIONER WHO BROUGHT THIS SHIT INBEHEAD AMERICANS
>>750994557I want to skin advertisers and tattoo their leather with their logo.
>>750994579Keep coping. Own a home and have a family. Good luck doing that yourself, future debt slave. Go buy another product to fill the empty void of your life nigger brained fool.
>>750994696>I don't like Albo>I don't like Albo>I don't like Albo>and I don't know whyHOT DOGS FOR BREAKFAST AT 6 AYY EMM
>>750993690its little more diversified outside europe
>>750994696I have an AR15 and a Glock 17.
>>750993570If I'm paying money for a piece of plastic just so I can play porn, atleast have the card fit for purpose by listing my preferred tags on it so that I can properly demonstrate my power level whenever it is questioned.
>>750993345>lives in australiaYeah. The middle of nowhere.
I am too European to understand the CREDIT card requirement. First of all, fuck them for asking for this at all I have played my first GTA game when I got my first PC at 11, but second why Credit card and not just a regular payment card? What is it about going into debt that makes you a verified adult compared to using your money responsibly? Is it just another Jewish trickery or is there something else to this?
>>750992868Hopefully us bongs get this too. I have a 20+ year account with consistent billing and right now, it still wants me to add a credit card to see the porno.
>>750994740>I have an AR15 and a Glock 17.And a Democratic House and Senate ready to take em away from you bud.
>>750994761Credit card implies you're already a cog in the machine.
>>750993390>Steam is not a console and they provide their (non-physical) platform at very low costs, with very high profit margins.You make it seem like steam's CDN is free and not an on-going cost that they have to pay for. Also consoles having shit profit margins because is the result of having a shit business model.
>>750994761Apparently for Americans not having a credit card doesn't prove you pay loans or some shit, so you're financially fucked.Meanwhile in Australia having a credit card DOES prove you're a nigger prone to spending money you don't have and leaves you financially fucked.
>>750994761In Australia you need to be 18 to get a Credit Card.You don't have to be 18 to get a Debit card.That's the reason.
>>750994761Credit cards cannot be issued to minors, whereas debit cards can. That's all there is to it.
>>750994671It pays you back money as long as you pay off your balance in a timely manner, good credit is always nice to have and having access to emergency funds if you need it gives peace of mind. It's also nice to use it as a barrier between your real money and potential scams. The CC company can dispute it while your real money in the bank was untouched.
>>750994267They are arguing debit card doesn't guarantee age verification because minors can get them and outside of murrica people don't commonly get credit cards. Everyone is just on debit.
>>750994808>You make it seem like steam's CDN is free and not an on-going cost that they have to pay for.It's extremely cheap relative to the 30% platform fee they charge. I'm not suggesting Steam host games for free. Let me guess you're a gamer and you can't code?
>>750992943that's it. im removing our clients onahole ads from /jp/ now!
>>750994809Americans cannot be trusted to pay back a loan even when it's demonstrably within their means, they need to also have enough good goy pointsBy default it is assumed that they will just fuck off and never repay their debts and they need to prove otherwise
>>750994884Fuck off Timmy.
>>750994915C_________ a_______
>>750994835>>750994846Fine. What about adults that don't have credit cards and their Steam accounts are less than 9 years old? Those people are just SOL?
>>750994784The Republicucks tried for years and Bill Clinton was the last to make any real changes to the law. Soon it'll all be gone.
>>750994884If it's so cheap then why don't any of steam's competitors do it?
>>750994967For now, yeah.Thank the eSafety Commissioner.
>>750994967Complain to your authoritarian government.
>>750994967Yeah, an alternative verification exists now, if you can't find a way to use either then it's your fault according to the government that pushed the policy onto Valve in the first place
Kek based fuck straya
>>750994996Do you seriously think any game store distributes files without a CDN? Steamies are something else.
>>750995023Look, my country is a shithole in it's own way, but at least I am not kangaroo fucker
>>750993506Dude wtf I live here
>>750995072You're missing outDon't try to tell me that Kanga being roughly the size of an average human mother didn't do anything for you down there as a lad
>>750995039That's not the question I asked. If you're going to simp for inferior products you should be able to explain why anyone would want to use them.
>>750994761Nah you hit the nail in the head. Hence why amerigolem and jew- brained anons in this thread are trying convince you having a credit card is nessisary in adult life. Some guy said 64% of UK anons have credit cards, now how low is it all over Europe I wonder? This is such a short sighted way to do it but the Moron's in charge don't care they just want it to SEEM like this is being enforced. They basically need a majority tipping point to get this id shit functioning but it clearly isn't working as people just opt out or use vpns or whatever else trying circumvent these despotic acts and edicts.
>>750995039>skirting the question
>>750995103Sucks to be you mate
>>750995118The question you asked was ambiguous so I assumed you had actually read the post you were replying to. I'm not simping for anything, which you would know if you had read the post you were replying to. You are incapable of discussion and you're wasting effort thinking this hard to drool out non sequiturs, hang yourself
>>750992568>>750993487>Credit cardI don't know I single person who owns one anymore, why don't they just accept debit cards like any normal business?
>>750995149>now how low is it all over Europe I wonder?>The average percentage of credit card owners in Western Europe is approximately 62%
>>750994967My debit card works, call up your bank and have a whinge or move to one of these banks, all confirmed to have working debit cards for steam ID shit.Commbank, Maquarie, Bankwest, AMP GO, those for sure work and most of the banks with Mastercard debit cards *should* work, if not now they will in the future.
>>750995165We got everyone steam refunds, you owe us m8
>>750995208Nobody knowsIt is a mysteryTry fucking reading, cunt
>>750992568>Can only have credit card if you're over 14>Aus gubbyment still thinks this isn't enough and sperm cells are going to buy GTA 6Are they for real?
>>750995208They do accept debit cards but Aussies voted for age verification laws and debit cards can be obtained by minors.
>>750995254>Aussies voted for age verification lawsFuck you
>>750994761>I am too European to understand the CREDIT card requirement.It's not a credit card requirement. Angloids just use "credit card" as shorthand for any payment method because that's the one they use the most.
>>750995270Anti porn laws are very popular with conservative boomers.
>>750995254>Aussies votedNo one in Australia or the UK voted for shit like this.
>>750992568My MS account was auto flagged as adult because it was 20-something years old, dunno why Valve were a bunch of fags and didn't run with this to begin with.
>>750992847>take people's entertainment away>lose votesKWAB
>>750995281>It's not a credit card requirement.YES IT IS. Read the OP you fucking mong
>>750995281>literally just lying for no reasonWhat, you think having Paypal set up works as age verification? kek
>>750995301Because it was explicitly not good enough
>>750995296Yes they did. Politicians in both countries were openly cheered when they talked about it. It's not the 4chan demographic so you wouldn't know.
So it's not possible to make an email account at 8 years old?
>>750995217"Works on my machine" is a terrible way to think about this. You basically found a loop hole Valve will be forced to shut down by your government when they find out. It's not a long term solution>>750995114I don't know anon, I haven't looked at Kanga's that way before lmao>>750995281It clearly says debit cards don't work on the fucking Steam support page. Can you read?
>>750995254>but Aussies voted for age verification lawsNo we didn't, an unelected fucking American came over, no doubt CIA, weaselled her way into some bullshit position and now she's trying to dictate all sorts of retarded shit all because we can't stop naming the jew.
>>750995296Millions did. You elected the parties and people who pushed this. Those people were met with thunderous applause when they announced giving away all your Internet freedom would save at least one child.
>>750995296It was bipartisan but the general normie cattle support this shit because they believe all the "we must stop little Timmy from accessing porn!" stuff.
>>750995361>"Works on my machine" is a terrible way to think about this. You basically found a loop hole Valve will be forced to shut down by your government when they find out. It's not a long term solutionIt's not a loophole, Mastercards include DOB info, credit card and debit card.
>>750995367Yes you did...well not you because you're a shut in who probably doesn't vote. But online ID laws are popular with boomers they think it will stop all the degeneracy they see in zoomers.
>>750995372>Millions did. You elected the parties and people who pushed this. Those people were met with thunderous applause when they announced giving away all your Internet freedom would save at least one child.You're just making shit up.No one voted for this, no one elected the woman responsible for it, the woman responsible for it isn't even Australian.The whole thing is literally American interference.
>>750995418>American detected
>>750995418>you're a shut in who probably doesn't voteI don't think you know much about Australian elections at all
>>750995435>The whole thing is literally American interference.Americans can buy porn on steam with a debit card though. Take responsibility for your government.
>>750995435She has to go back.
>>750995418LMFAO literally no one in Australia voted for this, America sent their goons as always to do their jew governments bidding.
>>750995475That is the most retarded "rebuttal" you could have mustered
>>750995475>Take responsibility for your government.Not how it works
>>750995418It's kind of a pain in the ass not voting here. You somehow need to avoid getting on the electoral roll (I have no idea how I got on it, guess I was in the system and it automatically put me on it because I remember randomly getting mail when I was 18) and you'll get a fine in the mail if they can be bothered to do it.
>>750995513Rebuttal to what? Your conspiracy with no evidence? yikes
Murder the e-safety comissioner
>>750995475>Take responsibility for your government.LMFAO trump is a fucking pedo and your government is run by israel. Fucking AIPAC dog telling others to take responsibility for their government.Laughable.
>>750995557You can't buy anime titty porn with a debit card.
>>750995475>american telling anyone to take responsibility for their governmentMate...
>>750995179It was ambiguous on purpose because the idea that the cost of a thing being 'low' does not immediately imply that margins should also be low. That is retarded and if you don't know why it's retarded then you should go work for a console company since you'd fit right in.
Nope, still censored
>>750995595Did I blame Australia for my government's actions? Swing and a miss.
>>750995585>You can't buy anime titty porn with a debit card.I literally can.You however couldn't buy a foreskin with all the gold in fortknox. Assuming the jews haven't emptied fortknox.Pro tip, they have.
>>750995624I guess notNor did you think to gain even a surface level understanding of the topic before joining in conversation about it which is why everyone is easily spotting that you're retarded
>>750995670>I literally can.Sorry the millions of aussies crying that they can't say otherwise.
>>750992568My Debit card worked. I'd have to use it to buy anything from steam anyways, only difference is I have to save the details.It's funny, shit like Cyberpunk gets aged restricted.
>>750992847>Valve loses $4 a year
>>750995601Still can't figure it out? Your post was ambiguous because the subject of your question was "it" and you were replying to a post specifically about Steam's CDN. Apparently you meant to imply something else, I don't care what you have to say any more. Low IQ nigger.
>>750995617I have that message still but can view stuff that was blocked before.
>>750994417I have to assume you're retarded, you don't have to actually pay money for a credit card where you're from, do you?Every single credit card offer I've ever seen is 100% free of you pay it off on time. I only recently decided to actually get one, and it's because I want to buy a house at some point and I'll need a loan for that, which means a credit score/history is essential here in the US.The 2-5% cash back im getting is just a bonus.
>>750995683Facts triggering you and your ilk is not my problem.
>>750993149With how many minors there are these days wanting everything fictional banned if it hurts their feelings or they are offended by them, i'm less and less against age verification for the whole internet if it means getting rid of these annoying little fuckers.Can't even lewd your typical looking mommy dommy character without bunch of minors losing their mind just because her fictional age is 16 or some shit apparently. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3388894658&tscn=1791040912
>>750995732Can you view porn games?
>>750995784ok shlomo
>>75099521062% of all of western Europe is fucking abysmal numbers. That's like 10% of each nation we would count as western Europe if so. It's not practical to use CC in Europe I guess (and I bet a good 20% of cc cards in the UK are boomers and browns and they won't use the internet or steam much at all).
>>750995687>Sorry the millions of aussies crying that they can't say otherwise.It's like you can't even read, then again 1 in 5 Americans are illiterate. Half the debit cards in Aus work, any steam account over 9 years old works, also you can literally activate a key for anything on Steam, like 99% of my games are just foreign keys because they're cheap as fuck.I can buy literally anything I want, you however cannot regrow your foreskin.
>>750995670>You however couldn't buy a foreskinYou can buy face cream at any corner and there are actual restoration procedures
>>750995875It's 62% of the entire population. Credit cards are popular in EU. Just not with broke niggers like you.
>>750995892You Will Never Be Uncut
>>750992568>20 year old account>no credit card>changed billing info like 10 times in that timeframe so i am still a tiny baby minor according to steamAhuh.
>>750995882>any steam account over 9 years old worksThat's new. If you make a new account you cannot buy porn on steam in aus with a debit card this is why so many aussies have been crying on reddit.This fact bothers you. I do not care.
>>750995697 I've figured out that you're mad and can't answer basic questions. Maybe one day you'll figure out why steam has high profit margins while its competitors don't.
>>750993246>monopoly is when other product is betterok tim
>>750995882Your foreskin is unappealing to women.
>>750996007>I do not careNo you just deeply care whenever someone mentions that the cunt placed in charge of e safety is a CIA assetThat seems to set you off
>>750995786I can't view the "adults only" category (it throws up an error) but I can view the games. First thing I saw was this one so, yes.
>>750996093>Your foreskin is unappealing to women.Did a jew tell you that?
>>750996107That's just your coping mechanism because you're in denial about your retarded country. I'm not sure why either because Australia has a long history of banning games and other media. I guess that was the other CIA plant. kek
>>750994620>The competition sucks because it's a waste of time to try and compete with Steam because of network effects.The competition sucks because they spend money on 4chan shills and vibecoding to improve initial launch speed instead of making their stores usable. Nobody has even TRIED to match Steam's service, so this hypothetical "well even if they did, people would still choose Steam" is a hypothesis that will never be tested.
>>750995302>goyim still think their opinion matterslol
>>750996195Where would I meet one? Melbourne?
>>750996202The absolute state of this Eglin damage control. There is literally no reason as to why you would take it so personally that an AMERICUNT glownigger is responsible for this bullshit in Aus.It's not the first time you cunts have fucked around in our politics, it won't be the last, that's just par for the course, but the fact that you take it so personally when absolutely no one thinks *you* are personally responsible anymore than you are for Trump diddling kids is weird mate.
>>750996275>Where would I meet one? Melbourne?Try Bondi, hard to miss em.
>>750996290https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games_in_AustraliaRead it and weep you dumb nigger. You were born in a nanny state and you will die in one.
>>750996290Sounds like you're weak if you just let us make your laws.
>>750992568>We are looking into other ways to comply with Auatralia's age verification rules while also limiting the data we collect and store from users.OH MY GOD WHO FUCKING CARESCAMERAS ARE EVERYWHERE GOVERNMENTS CAN EASILY TRACK YOUR DIGITAL AND FINANCIAL FOOTPRINTPRIVACY IS OVERJUST LET US SCAN OUR FUCKING IDS
>>750994678isnt gta6 digital only thou?
>Australia, famous for nanny state faggotry>"Errrrm, but this faggotry is actually the CIA!!!!!"Okay lmfao
>>750996368Glownigger...
>>750996332
>>750996368Pretty much. The fuckers already have my payment details (which I care about infinitely more than just scanning my driver's license).
>>750996387Just a coincidence that it's a known fact that the unelected woman pushing these things was scouted by the CIA when she was younger
>>750996368Oy vey
>>750993342Why call it incompetence when it is malice?
>>750996337>Read it and weep you dumb nigger.Half those "banned video games" are on my Steam account.
>>750996428this is the dumbest shit I've read in a long timecongrats
>>750996387Honestly given the way you're reacting i'm sure the Aussies are right about her being CIA. You're in full meltdown mode.
>>750992847Oh no, not the Australian market...
>>750996498Aussiesister...Your country is gay as hell. Time to face the facts
>>750996478I already have to show that shit IRL to buy various things what's the fucking difference?Like hell I'd ever upload it to discord or whatever.
>>750996229>Nobody has even TRIED to match Steam's service>>The reason barely anyone is bothering to try is because even a client of equivalent quality can't possibly compete with Steam's network effects.This is /v/ so you DID read the post you replied to, right?>Nobody has even TRIED to match Steam's service, so this hypothetical "well even if they did, people would still choose Steam" is a hypothesis that will never be tested.It's also fucking obvious to anyone with any relevant knowledge or experience, frankly. Well there's the answer to your honest question
>>750996498Told ya, he cares deeply about that specific point
>>750996567>Aussiesister...>Your country is gay as hell. Time to face the factsI'm German. America exported faggotry to every Western nation, and even those outside of the West, under threat of economic and military retaliation. You spread degeneracy at gunpoint. Now why are you so sensitive about the Aussies calling her CIA?
>>750996354>you let us do it, therefore it's on youWhat a lawless hellhole of a nation.
>>750993149I genuinely believe it's actually for children, just not in the way they pretend it is.Established parties had all the power through their grip on traditional media, but social media completely changed how new voters vote.An 18 year old already has consumed alternative political news through social media for years and will vote for alternative parties.
>>750992625>valve is shit because they don't want your data
>>750996768The UK dropped the voting age to 16 when it brought in it's social media ban for under 16's. They want a voterbase that has never been exposed to anything other than state approved propaganda and they really don't want a voterbase who's watched translated Hitler speeches on tiktok.
>>750993570Yeah all this jew shit is only how it works in the USA.
>>750996865The establishment will do anything but actually give young people a reason to vote for them and any hope for the future.
my account is older than 9 years. What's an "age restricted game" so I can test this shit. No, not porn. I filtered that shit. I don't need to see some ugly anime porn when I'm scrolling through a sale
>>750992568>age verification>r*ddit walking simsThe absolute state of v*lve.
>>750993506It's 25 millions firstie consumers, less than the average yuro country but still gonna hurt
>>750996135
>>750997259Robocop, it was on my wishlist for ages, then it was restricted, now it's not.I really should buy it, it's always cheap as fuck.
Has anyone in the UK seen any changes? I don't have my debit registered and I don't see any differences.
>>750996798Don't they have your name, address, phone and email address? if you ever bought anything.
>>750997904Do Americans really have to enter their address to buy some games online?
>>750997837UK has been at this stage for nearly a year now on steam.It's all done through quietly removing options from the store for you until you add a credit card. debit specifically doesn't work in the UK because anyone under 18 can get them, while credit cards are only for 18+.You likely didn't notice because you don't look at porn on steam
>>750992625bhangi clitty leak
>>750997904No?
>>750992987nobody gives a fuck unc
>>750997945I'm in EU and that is what I have on my card info.
>>750993390steam does more for developers than any console
>>750992568>Australia gets this for free if the account is 9 years old>UK still has to confirm with credit cardfucking bong tyrants in charge.
>>750992943>AI Slop>survivorslop>9(NINE) dollarsI'm so tired bros
>>750998159I really don't get this, I thought Austrialia had the worse censorship of the two.
>>750992847Good, fuck australia
>>750992625Hahahaha get fucked and cry forever retard
>>750993149All I know is letting the masses have full anonymous access to the internet was one of the worst decisions ever made.
>>750992568i was wondering why i was suddenly age verifiedthough they just got around to whitelisting my bank's debit mastercardnow that it no longer affects me i don't care about this issue anymore
>>750998409bongland has been steadily going into the shitter now that the EU is not there to rein in the retarded tyrannical ideas they want to apply to their citizens
>>750998524Facts. The more people involved in something, the more regulation.
>>750992625Man, it really is this easy to ragebait retards that replied to you huh
>>750998409It's already on par with china, it's aiming to have the restrictions north korea has by 2030.
>>750992847how to lose 70% of your young votes
>>750992568>>Valve: "Ok, if the account is older than 9 years and has had the same email or billing information, then it's age verified. And we're keeping the old credit card option too."thats a lie my account is literally 9 years old and its asking me for id to look at 18+ content on the store
>>751000113>older than 9 years
>>751000113>older than 9 yearsCongrats on proving you are not actually 18, only a gen alpha kid can have reading comprehension this bad
>>751000148>>751000224if you niggers want to be pedantic the moment its 1 day over the 9 year mark its older than 9 years
>>751000262>itsYep, underaged gen alpha confirmed. Thanks for conceding
>>751000113did you change your email?
>>751000314no and on top of that ive used the same credit card since i made my account these rules are lies
>>750992568They better do this in the UK.
>>750992625>>750992791>>750993118Seething retarded tendietroon
>>750993149They want to install a global digital panopticon so they can arrest you for committing badspeak. The threat of being arrested for wrongthink because your posts are literally linked to your government ID will then stop people from saying anything that could be interpreted as dissident thought.
>>751000332Credit or Debit?
>>751000936i just wrote it down
>>751000742Please, I'd like to get Fear and Hunger.
>>751000969Some people like to use Credit as a catch all term so I wanted to be sure, weird it doesn't work but maybe yoy just need to wait a bit.
>>751000310And you forgot a period at the end of your second sentence. Stop being a nigger, society is already gay and terrible enough without endless shit flinging on one of the few websites that can actually be enjoyable from time to time. You have been conditioned to be performatively angry all of the time, chill out a little.
>>751001110im in the UK its saying credit card specifically no 9+ year account for mature content its a lie im telling you this im not adding a card im just going to pirate everything from now on
>>750992987Nice, good numbers.
>>750992625cool bait here is another you for (you)
>>751001208>im not adding a card I'm confused, you said you were already using a credit card >>751000332
>>751001184>gen alpha kid still seething that steam correctly identified xer as underaged
>>751001363i obviously use a credit card for my transactions prior, they want me to give my credit card details to a third party
>>750998524no1 is anonymous online anymore , not even here .... food for thought.
>>751001364I wasn't that anon
>>750998050You know that you can type any address in that field?
>>750992625Why is the first reply in so many threads often obvious contrarian rage bait? (I know I fell for it too, but please repsond)
>>751001587It isn't falling for it when you correctly identify it.
>>751001416I was pretty sure just having the details saved on your account was enough, might be worth trying to get in touch with steam support.
>>751001695we will see im just going to pirate shit instead for now im not in the mood for arguing about something obvious on their end
>>750993149Boomers are dying out and they know they're fucked after that generation dies out. So draconian control measures to keep power for slightly longer.
>>751001587Because that's the OP meta and retards will bite I'm retarded too
>>751001863Again just to make sure, you do have the credit card details saved onto the account, you aren't re-entering them each time you make purchases?
>>751001863the vegans of gaming
>>751002053i am re-entering them who the fuck saves details onto an account thats just a easy way for your shit to get stolen
>you have 100 dollars worth of tf2 hats>id not verifiedJust assume underage until proven otherwise by debit/credit card
>>750996386no, you can still buy a "physical copy" with a download code
>>751002168Well that's why it isn't working. Yes it is fucking stupid but if you have them saved you can purchase adult content and then afterwards you could just remove the details until you want to buy something else age gated.I agree it is dangerous and hopefully the Aussie system comes over here but right now that's the only way, to get them on steam atleast.
>>750992625You will never be human, Shlomo.
>>751001587>obvious contrarian rage baitIt's called trolling you retarded zoomer go back to tiktok you do not belong on the internet.
>>751002383ill pirate instead dude i get it, headache cba ill just conform, fuck that is my mindset to it
Are there any stats out there for account age? I thought I read within the past few years that they've had the most concurrent users at one time, which leads me to believe a lot of the people (probably browns/yellows) all have new accounts.
>>751002485Fair enough, I'd do much the same but I'm feart of viruses.
>>750992847>banned from australia
>>750994109>Hence the push for walkable citiesYour modern car literally spies on you and records everything you say. Walkable city discourse is because cities are supposed to be walkable, the last 70 years are aberrations from the norm
>>750992847Do it faggots. About time a company with fuck you money just said no to this garbage.
