Stop asking for my age

[Netlancer]

I want STEAM to stop asking for my age every time I open the game.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Netlancer:

Stop asking for my age

I want STEAM to stop asking for my age every time I open the game.

Q: Why do you KEEP asking my damn age throughout the store?

A: We're with you on this. Unfortunately, many rating agencies have rules that stipulate that we cannot save your age for longer than a single browsing session. It's frustrating, but know we're filling out those age gates too.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1708442022337025126

[HikariLight]

To put it simply, Valve is required to dump the age verification after each day.
They cannot hold onto that Information.

[Thiesen]

And we're all born in the 1900's...

[wesnef]

It does feel a bit silly when it age-gates the store page of a game that's in your library. :)

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by HikariLight:

To put it simply, Valve is required to dump the age verification after each day.
They cannot hold onto that Information.

Technically that is a good thing. It is a pain in the butt to do it everytime, but it is a good thing for many reasons. Talk to people about why this is a good thing for privacy practices. This is the same thing why people are against the anti kernal anti cheats too. It would infringe on users privacy.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by wesnef:

It does feel a bit silly when it age-gates the store page of a game that's in your library. :)

Yea, i get this for chrono trigger everytime i try to look at the forums for the game.

[AustrAlien2010]

According to the A.I. you can use a user script that automatically bypasses the Steam age verification by setting your birthday to 1950 and submitting the form. To use this script, you'll need to install a user script manager like Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey first.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

According to the A.I. you can use a user script that automatically bypasses the Steam age verification by setting your birthday to 1950 and submitting the form. To use this script, you'll need to install a user script manager like Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey first.

Augmented Steam or SteamDB browser extensions have options to bypass the age checks.

Originally posted by Thiesen:

And we're all born in the 1900's...

A lot of users with January 1 birthdays.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by rawWwRrr:

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

According to the A.I. you can use a user script that automatically bypasses the Steam age verification by setting your birthday to 1950 and submitting the form. To use this script, you'll need to install a user script manager like Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey first.

Augmented Steam or SteamDB browser extensions have options to bypass the age checks.

Originally posted by Thiesen:

And we're all born in the 1900's...

A lot of users with January 1 birthdays.

01/01/1969

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

Originally posted by HikariLight:

To put it simply, Valve is required to dump the age verification after each day.
They cannot hold onto that Information.

Technically that is a good thing. It is a pain in the butt to do it everytime, but it is a good thing for many reasons. Talk to people about why this is a good thing for privacy practices. This is the same thing why people are against the anti kernal anti cheats too. It would infringe on users privacy.

Deleting the part of your age would not save your privacy....as the whole tracking stuff is usually stored in other cookies......

[Princess Luna]

No they would not

[[TGSA] oujisan2236]

Originally posted by Thiesen:

And we're all born in the 1900's...

yeah scrolling hard there

i accidentrly hit feb 1984 instead of sept... so i just leave it as feb cause i cant be bothered

[Amaterasu]

I just lie and say I'm twice my age... which would make me older than my late father. Why yes, I was born January 2nd 1953. I look great for 72.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Netlancer:

I want STEAM to stop asking for my age every time I open the game.

My understanding is that they aren't asking for your age, they just want you to input a birth date that was born 18 years ago.

I mean, they have my birthday on file, yet the age verification asks anyway and doesn't care what year I add it, so I usually input today date and a year in the 1900s. They seem content with that answer, even though steam clearly knows this isn't my birthday.

[Spanky]

Steam uses age differently than game publishers. the age verification on store pages are the games. Which suggests the players are under the age of 18 but over the age of some kind. Steam however asks for an age for financial reasons and community player to player online social connections. Steam has no other reason to know your age but for account, and social interactions. Games however need it because of the Content ratings made possible by your corrupt governments. games that have no age ratings don't get displayed when you have setup in Steam the account of the user because it's content filter in the Steam client set as adult.