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Discord walks back age verification fears for most users
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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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I'll be honest, The UK introduced these age verification and ID issues and many places were forced to follow suit. Discord being one of them and I'm sure at somepoint it did pop up but I've never signed up for it and I've continued to use the software without issue.
My Xbox demands to see my ID so I cancelled my Subscription. If discord starts demanding it I'll be moving back to Teamspeak or Mumble.
Wait what? Xbox needs a subscription? To play the games you own? They are forcing you to prove your age to play adult video games now? Jesus Christ. We need to find workarounds for all of this, it's a privacy issue, and a property rights issue. We bought this stuff, it's ours. We can't be forced to ask for permission to use our own shit.
No, you don't. You can play the games you own just fine without one. They probably mean either the gamepass subscription or xbox live subscription.