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PlayStation is planning to add age verification to its consoles (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Its getting to a point where It’s getting just depressing.

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[–] 44 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Because realistically nobody is against it. People can whine all the want, they will verify anyway rather than miss out on online gaming, social media, porn etc. You personally might be the outlier and maybe you even convinced your family and friends, but sadly unless at the bare minimum 50% of users outright leave the platform enforcing age verification they couldn't care less about our feelings.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I'll be going offline when my OS asks for my ID. I've been online since 98 or so. I don't want to leave, even tho the net is a super shitty place now, but there is just no choice at this time. In the mean time I am building an off line library of stuff

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    While I don't entirely disagree, I also think the amount may be a bit more than you think. Just to go off of the backlash Discord faced forcing them to wait a few months in hopes nobody will care later. If absolutely nobody was against it for them, they wouldn't have bothered with even that much. Then again, that's PC vs Console, so I'm not sure if the demographics would be drastically different.

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