Just updated my phone and since I’m living in a nanny state, had to confirm my age. Grabbed my wallet so I could use my driving licence…no need.
So, why does Steam require a credit card to confirm age despite my account being 21 years old? Wouldn’t bother me too much, but I don’t pay for games on credit and if I switch back to my debit card it requires me to confirm my age again?! If you’re gonna demand credit card info for age verification, at least let us set it up as a *secondary* payment method.
Posted by buster2006
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This is why I wish there was an alternate option for Steam. I don’t have, nor want a credit card.
please Steam, don’t take notes from Apple
Is the credit card thing a local law? Steam never asked me about one. Would be dumb to do that here un germany tho, nearly nobody under 30 has a normal credit card.
>If you’re gonna demand credit card info for age verification, at least let us set it up as a *secondary* payment method.
I use my debit card through Paypal and that seems to work fine
Debt Card/Credit Card > Driving License
Credit card finical institutions are required to keep your information legally on file.
Only thing they would be sending back y/n if you were 18+
This is way better than VRchat using Persona which requires your driver license and social which most platforms are trying to push for.
Honestly valve picked the best options out of any company, I never thought I would hear anyone ever say apple was a better method on the company that collects your data the most.
Why do you think apple can easily verify? they’ve already collected nearly all your data anyway by previous purchases and other means.
There are PLENTY of things Apple could take note of re Steam, I’m happy to sacrifice this one thing haha
what do you need to verify your age for exactly if I may know, because I never verified my age and I’m able to download and play nsfw games ever since I had a steam acc so idk if that’s a US thingy you’re dealing with or what?
Which account is more likely to be transferred to someone else?
My man just told Valve to take note from Apple… Oouuuweee
Btw… I’ve never in my life heard about anyone using credit cards on Steam. I didn’t even know that was possible.
Why people are so bothered about a click away from doing something? Is that much of an inconvenience to just give your credit card, bank account or driving licence? It’s a gaming platform. It doesn’t need to know everything about you and Valve already respects that.
It might be connected to the fact that steam accounts often get shared family wide, while this is rarely the case for apple / android accounts.
The account might be 20 years old, but the user can absolutely be a 2nd or 3rd user for that specific account.
Must be a localized thing, Steam has never asked me beyond confirming my birthday date once.
Haha, so easy to circumvent their age verification. All I have to do is wait 18 years to fool them into thinking I’m old enough, check mate!
I havent had to provide credit card information to steam, and I live in the UK. My account is over 10 years old though so maybe they are using that data?
I dont think thats steam mate. My steam never cared about my age
I’ve never needed too being from the UK.
Then again my account is 15 years old this year