Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
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@maia@shrimp.magmaus3.eu.org aren't you, like, not British?
Steam requiring a credit card is only in the UK. where people under 18 cannot get a credit card by law. they can have a debit card, but Steam demands specifically a credit card for age verification.@sodiboo ah
(this one is not british; also didn't know that, sorry) -
@SecurityWriter using a desktop is dating yourself. as an old fart.
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Ok this is interesting.
The desktop app has no such restrictions, only mobile.
Oh, good old product silos, still keeping things consistent. /s
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@SecurityWriter For some time Valve made me jump through hoops because I had a „strange email address“.
The support told me to use something like gmail. My email address is older than Valve and Google..
Recently started using aliases, and the shit some of these platforms come up with when they want you to use something they can use to mine your data is wild. "Oh, something went wrong. Please try again." Three "tries again" and suddenly their "hinting" gets more blunt, "Maaaaybe you should try a different email address." Lol, nope don't actually need SoundCloud thanks.
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@martin @masek @SecurityWriter
One of my email aliases is literally just a domain I own, and it gets rejected regularly. What, we aren't allowed to have custom domains now? They going to start enforcing that on companies as well? "Sorry, your techdept(@)google(dot)com email is suspicious, maybe try gmail?" Lol
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Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
@SecurityWriter Apple solved this problem by accepting your logic:
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@SecurityWriter Apple solved this problem by accepting your logic:
@SIT @SecurityWriter They may have change stance (dunno where the screenshot is from), but it was not their original idea: https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html
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@SIT @SecurityWriter They may have change stance (dunno where the screenshot is from), but it was not their original idea: https://andregarzia.com/2026/03/apple-just-lost-me.html
@rberthier @SecurityWriter Interesting, I saw this on Reddit a few days ago from a UK user and cut the screenshot before saving it.
I also noticed a user explain how (hard it was) to get the driver's license accepted to a user who hadn't managed it, so it might not function as reliably as it should.
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Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
@SecurityWriter anyone with a debit card in the US or Canada has a “credit card” for all intents and purposes! LOL
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@rberthier @SecurityWriter Interesting, I saw this on Reddit a few days ago from a UK user and cut the screenshot before saving it.
I also noticed a user explain how (hard it was) to get the driver's license accepted to a user who hadn't managed it, so it might not function as reliably as it should.
@rberthier @SecurityWriter This was from the comments here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1s3cwxz/
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Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
@SecurityWriter 23 years is impressive, I'm holding at the 21 years mark.
Which they give you fucking BADGE for that's the FIRST THING on your profile.
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@SecurityWriter using a desktop is dating yourself. as an old fart.
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@SecurityWriter You can't say meaningful things to bureacracy, even worse to bureacracy created for people control.
BTW even my Steam account dates back to portal creation, λ2@luc0x61 @SecurityWriter mine goes back to when steam was a replacement for O.G. HL's multiplayer service, WoN. My account name is an email address itself
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Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
@SecurityWriter Interesting because apparently you can't report a game featured on Steam any more. This one promotes incest. I'm referring the DLC of the latest Street Fighter, which received some criticism yesterday because it features a character engaged in incest. To further make this known, the company is Capcom. There has been backlash about this, but Capcom kinda went "hehehe."
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@luc0x61 @SecurityWriter mine goes back to when steam was a replacement for O.G. HL's multiplayer service, WoN. My account name is an email address itself
@draeath @SecurityWriter HL1 was already a game changer for me. I started playing FPS when Doom was on a set of 1.44M floppy disks, and its pseudo-3D gameplay was real magic, running on an i286 below 20MHz clock.
HL brought a real, movie like, story, in 3D gaming. That was amazing, and it still is, if you look beyond the now pixelated screens.
The only other game that brought me adrenaline, even when standing still, is HL:Alyx, played in VR. That leaves speechless. -
Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”
Me: “My account is 23 years old”
Valve: “That just proves your account is old”
Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”
@SecurityWriter How old is "Valve"?
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@SecurityWriter 23 years is impressive, I'm holding at the 21 years mark.
Which they give you fucking BADGE for that's the FIRST THING on your profile.
@thomasfuchs @SecurityWriter Only 18 for me, but you can change what badge your profile features. Mine has the "Steam Hardware Beta Candidate" to remind me of that time Gaben rug-pulled me.
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@thomasfuchs @SecurityWriter Only 18 for me, but you can change what badge your profile features. Mine has the "Steam Hardware Beta Candidate" to remind me of that time Gaben rug-pulled me.
@woe2you @SecurityWriter lolol
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@thomasfuchs @SecurityWriter I still covet the Steambox beta chassis, but I know my chances of ever getting hold of one are slim to none.
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@maia@shrimp.magmaus3.eu.org aren't you, like, not British?
Steam requiring a credit card is only in the UK. where people under 18 cannot get a credit card by law. they can have a debit card, but Steam demands specifically a credit card for age verification.
