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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoOr the unsettling alternative: “are you 18?” “Yes” “Prove it”
minus-square@WoolylinkEnglish5•1 year agoDidn’t the UK govt already try that with a gaming ID that went nowhere?
minus-squareP03 LockelinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoUS states are already testing that option with disastrous results.
minus-squareBilbo BagginslinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoOh, is this just for kids? That’s the worst option since it means checking and privacy invasion. I’d rather they just flat out ban them. Loot boxes never make anything better.
minus-square@WoolylinkEnglish3•1 year agoPretty much, I didn’t see much in the way of actual solutions in the article.
“Are you 18?”
“Yes”
Or the unsettling alternative: “are you 18?” “Yes” “Prove it”
Didn’t the UK govt already try that with a gaming ID that went nowhere?
US states are already testing that option with disastrous results.
Oh, is this just for kids? That’s the worst option since it means checking and privacy invasion.
I’d rather they just flat out ban them. Loot boxes never make anything better.
Pretty much, I didn’t see much in the way of actual solutions in the article.