Loot boxes are far more predatory than gambling. They are literally advertised in games that children play.

Honestly not noticed that because I just don't give a shit. It's a pride flag, surely it isn't going to hurt even the most delicate snowflake.

They are not a Very Large Online Portal and do definitely not have to implement this in the EU under the DSA. There is a list, if you are on it, you have to do it, if not then not. Also, the EU wide system for eID is not yet completed and currently there is a plethora of single services, one per country, for eID.

I know that they have to do this stuff in the UK, but fkn leave me alone with that shit. It only causes me to switch location in my VPN and doesn't help anyone, not even the kids this crap law pretends to protect.

e: here'S the list. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/list-designated-vlops-and-vloses

Which would be particularly wild given that nexus mods is run by a British company.

Oh so they came to their senses because of the backlash over their pathetic banning of this mod? That’s something at least, but they won’t be getting any praise from me until they stop banning things like this in the first place.

So surely someone playing on their pc with American flags instead of pride flags isn’t going to hurt even the most delicate snowflake?

The point is as a moral normal human being you should not be getting upset and bitching about a coloured flag. There are so many terrible awful things happening in the world and a rainbow flag sends you into a fury.

There is something wrong with YOU, not LGBT.

As someone who VPNs into the EU specifically for the privacy laws, this is troubling. I do wonder what my next move should be. I’d hate to lose my Steam account in particular.

I remember being on GeoCities or Lycos and just incrementing the site number to see different sites.

Star Trek, Star Wars, Lego, PORN!

If you'd actually read the explanation they posted, it'd be clear that they removed the mod because the uploader was breaking the rules, not because the mod itself was bad.

Which is the case for all other similar cases as well, AFAIK.

The system is not going to revolve around your ID or passport.
The entire point is to make something different, we already have some systems in place that only share part of your personal info.

In NL we already have iDIN and DigiD which are only verification tools, iDIN is used for sharing your name, address, birthday and a couple other things so that would share way to much for this purpose and DigiD shares even more.
iDIN uses your bank app and DigiD has it's own app and they show you what data is shared to the site.

I wouldn't want to use one of these things directly siince most people will not read that small list (it's literally just one sentence plus what data is shared in words).

But if we get another app which can only be used to share our birthday it is fine imo. For me personally the year would be fine, or you can do it so it shares if you are 18 or above.

If it just shares if you are 18+ or not or heck even if it shares my birthday idc. It's a non realistic identifier if it is only that.

It's way better than having to share your ID what is currently the case when you buy alcohol or drugs online or want to gamble online.

It really depends on what people consider to be loot boxes imo, yes the traditional Tf2 once or the CSGO once which blew this hole thing open yes.

But does it stop with loot goblins in a game like Borderlands? Or does it stop with Magic the Gathering packs (which are required to play sealed/draft).

Actual gambling involves being able to lose your money and get nothing in return, with loot boxes you always get something. The predatory tactics against children need to stop, but there is no reason that an adult is allowed to gamble, but not open loot boxes.

I just said I don't give a shit.

And sometimes just super plain ones. I remember getting my favourite Skyrim potion texture mod from there specifically.