For the UK maybe. I still don't see why the entire EU needs to be affected.

Yeah, but once money got involved we had to start making regulations

1. Add censorship for mods containing adult (sexual) content.

2. Slowly move the bar so that more content falls under definition of "adult" (themes of violence, LGBTQ+ themes).

3. Continue to move the bar until desired level of censorship is obtained.

Well done, you've used moral panic to control your media.

Dark futures aside, why do I think that folks are just going to VPN their way in?

Can I get mods there?

Iirc only the UK law is actually binding, the EU, for now, got only guidelines, source Trust me Bro because its early and I feel not like doing research

Yeah, the kinky kind.

In NL it is so stupid, I am legally allowed to verify my age and gamble, but opening loot boxes no way.

Worst part is that loot boxes aren't even defined as gambling yet ...

Let's hope that new EU age verification system is actually good and privacy friendly.

I was preparing my verbal pitchforks, but it seems they have chosen a middle ground. they will only require verification for adult content, and only in the EU and UK.

which means that if you don't need adult content or you can use a VPN, then it seems it won't affect you. so they are probably doing the bare minimum required by law

Let's also hope for unicorns

Yes because giving up isn't an option

Way to miss the point. The point is that mods as trivial as the ones I said in single player games were banned because the owner didn’t like them, while the owner allowed the mods like you mentioned.

Privacy friendly my ass. If they ask for my ID, it's not private.

Many European age verification services can verify the age without giving them any data. It works like OAuth. You get redirect to a portal where you login with your citizen ID and you'll get redirected back to the website.

How it would work in practice is still too soon to say. Maybe they'll also share other details such as your name or citizen id number to make sure you can only have a single account on the website. I wouldn't want this either.

Keep in mind that all kinds of age verification like this just shifts a lot of porn into the underground and will increase identity fraud. The illegal sale of hacked verified porn accounts will also become as valuable as porn accounts on paid websites.

It's the same as fighting against "fake news" which just creates a false trust that everything on the internet is truth. Which is the opposite of what one should believe.

Yeah, I'm against all of this control at the core. The privacy is just another step beyond.

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