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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

The thing with age verification is that I don't think it's a bad thing if done securely, but still it still makes me sad, because Internet will never be the same with it. In the end it will be only few big websites who can afford to care about Internet regulation.

Well, after all maybe it's time to switch to Gemini protocol, they are not going to regulate that!

[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)

age verification is just a BS strawman. do you remember when we where young? we would access stuff and find ways to buy stuff. but whenever there was a reasonable but fair gap, it would be much harder to get whatever we wanted: buying weed was so much easier, than buying alcohol (without the appropriate age).

pirating is easy (even i figured it out before having enough money to buy movies & games). so the kids will just pirate that stuff and get their way anyway. age verification at the store makes so much more sense. sure, there are ways to circumvent those. but it is a reasonable stop block.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't see how pirating well overcome the online age check.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But Rockstar Games acquired FiveM back in 2023, so I don't see how is that relevant to piracy. In fact even if it wasn't, there was nothing illegal about it as far as I am aware.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 3 points 21 hours ago

if you can run a private server, you can get rid of all 'phone home' requirements.

so you just need a cracked copy of the game itself. luckily it is completely legal to remove digital locks on anything you bought in many countries (not the usa though).

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