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Steam has added auto age verification for Australian users (help.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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If your Steam account is nine years old, it now [edit to add: should] auto verify.

Doesn't do me any good, my account is just shy of six years old, and my MC debit card still doesn't work. I'll be 60 before it auto verifies unless my debit card magically starts working.

There must be some under 18s whose parents got them a steam account nine years ago who are now verified.

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[–] 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I have the 21 years of service badge on my account, those cunts tried to get me to age verify to view a store page recently!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    The reply I got when I whinged at them about a similar complaint was:

    I understand your concern with this. For now, verification based on credit card ownership is the only path Steam currently offers for age verification under the Age-Restricted Material Online Safety Codes.

    We are continuing to gather data on potential pain points for users and will take your feedback back to the team. We are sorry for the inconvenience this requirement is causing for you.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Did it verify with today's change? (I think it was today, that when I started seeing the new page.) I'd trigger the age verify every so often in case my debit card finally worked.

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