It seems like a kind of a paradox that online video games are held accountable for servers that they have nothing to do with, but meanwhile a browser can be truly open and doesn't have to employ any restrictions like age verification, or banning ips? Not even China goes after the browser level.

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[–] 15 points 9 months ago

In reality, it's likely that it's because Minecraft is largely targeted to kids. The primary presented idea of Minecraft is a game that is appropriate for kids. Web browsers don't make the same kind of presentation--their purpose is to render websites, but don't otherwise promise anything regarding the content viewed.

It would be a bit similar to a department store that stocked knives in the kids' toy section. Selling knives isn't really problematic, it's where they're located and the implied intent of that section.

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