Post #2913314

2026-04-21 12:53 UTC

Because realistically nobody is against it. People can whine all the want, they will verify anyway rather than miss out on online gaming, social media, porn etc. You personally might be the outlier and maybe you even convinced your family and friends, but sadly unless at the bare minimum 50% of users outright leave the platform enforcing age verification they couldn't care less about our feelings.

Replies (6)

@ChogChog@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 13:46

I think it’s more fair to say people will still comply, rather than saying nobody is against it. It’s amazing how far most people will bend before breaking.

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@Zephorah@discuss.online 2026-04-21 13:06

True. Unless you walk away from the platform, in earnest, age verification moves forward.

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@Cherry@piefed.social 2026-04-21 15:33

Yes. Most would rather kneel. I’d rather use an old console and play offline. Don’t feed the system by buying more digital.

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@lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2026-04-22 12:36

I'll be going offline when my OS asks for my ID. I've been online since 98 or so. I don't want to leave, even tho the net is a super shitty place now, but there is just no choice at this time. In the mean time I am building an off line library of stuff

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@other_cat@piefed.zip 2026-04-22 22:58

While I don't entirely disagree, I also think the amount may be a bit more than you think. Just to go off of the backlash Discord faced forcing them to wait a few months in hopes nobody will care later. If absolutely nobody was against it for them, they wouldn't have bothered with even that much. Then again, that's PC vs Console, so I'm not sure if the demographics would be drastically different.

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@ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2026-04-23 00:42

Nobody is against prohibiting children from playing video games ?

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