Fed up of putting my age

[Granddad Squiff]

I'm fed up of using clunky pull down menus to confirm that I'm an adult before viewing a game store page.

A kid can easily bypass this anyway, it is pointless. If the screen has to be there for legal reasons, at least remember my age so I can just click once to confirm.

Cheers

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Click on year and choose the first in the dropdown list. That is 18 years.

[MrL0G1C]

Get enhanced steam to do it for you.

[Seraphita]

Originally posted by MrL0G1C:

Get enhanced steam to do it for you.

Not everyone uses chrome... Since when is using steam client so alien to most people? o.O

[Granddad Squiff]

Steam can be fixed, not up to me to bother with this crap

[Rogue_Zephyr (Meta)]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/Squiffilect:

Steam can be fixed, not up to me to bother with this crap

And yet you assume the rest of the userbase wants to put up with your complaining? Why bother posting if you "can't be bothered",

[Snapjak]

Originally posted by Zero:

Originally posted by MrL0G1C:

Get enhanced steam to do it for you.

Not everyone uses chrome... Since when is using steam client so alien to most people? o.O

Chrome, FireFox, and Opera.

People use Enhanced Steam because it's so much better than the client for anything that isn't managing games or chatting with friends.

[ KARR™]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/Squiffilect:

Steam can be fixed, not up to me to bother with this crap

Steam is working as intended.....

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by  KARR™:

Originally posted by twitch.tv/Squiffilect:

Steam can be fixed, not up to me to bother with this crap

Steam is working as intended.....

Indeed, it's not Steam that needs to be "fixed"..

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/Squiffilect:

Steam can be fixed, not up to me to bother with this crap

It’s not broken though, working as intended. New laws and ESRB guidelines require this change.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by Zero:

Originally posted by MrL0G1C:

Get enhanced steam to do it for you.

Not everyone uses chrome... Since when is using steam client so alien to most people? o.O

Because basically any internet browser is better than standard Steam browser.


Also Steam won't let you save the date of birth info due to legal reasons. Or GDPR reasons. Either way it won't be reversed.

[Seraphita]

Yeah, I heard. Oh well... Might use firefox later and see what it's about since it exists over there.

[Mikasa Ackerman]

the problem with it is this
if they have an age verification , they cant get into legal trouble , like you are an 20 year old gamer with a 5 year old brother who uses your pc , then looks up a game and gets scared so hard he *** his pants and gets traumatized ( and has to go to therapy for the rest of his life)

no matter how mad your parents might get , steam cant be sued , they asked about the age , and your little brother lied about it , they arent responsible if he doesnt enter his correct age

sure its annoying , and i have been looking at 18+ games since i was 16 , but theres no perfect solution , just quickly say your birthday is january 1st of whatever year that makes you atleast 18 years old and done takes just a few seconds to select the right year , and yet valve still has a protection against idiots who would be all

"my 5 year old son was left unattended at a pc for 14 days , and now he bought horror games with my credit card i as a responsible parent gave him full access to buy games with , and now he wets his bed at night and gets nightmares , im sueing Steam for 90 Billion USD because they didnt babysit my son for me "

steam just needs to reply with " we have an age verifaction , if he lies about it ( multiple times ) its not our problem"

[MADanger]

This is the filthy culture the ESRB created !

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Zefar:

Originally posted by Zero:

Not everyone uses chrome... Since when is using steam client so alien to most people? o.O

Because basically any internet browser is better than standard Steam browser.


Also Steam won't let you save the date of birth info due to legal reasons. Or GDPR reasons. Either way it won't be reversed.

In the USA, if Valve has signed a contract with the ESRB, they are actually violating the terms right now because they recently added a "Retry" button to their age gate.

Other than that, in the USA there is no law requiring verification of DOB to view any content permitted on the Steam platform.

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Mad Ass Danger:

This is the filthy culture the ESRB created !

You don't seem to understand what the ESRB is ...