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darkmaian23 posted...

First I've heard of that. Won't that eat into their sales? I mean, aren't these age verification schemes at least pretending to be about adult content? I mean, does little Jimmy need to be blocked from playing Minecraft with his buddies? Or honestly, even something violent with his parents' permission?

Why, I wonder, is now the time for a mass attempt at controlling the internet?

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/xbox-players-in-the-uk-must-verify-their-age-to-keep-access-to-social-features-3231452/

This requirement currently only applies to the UK, Xbox explained, but added, We expect to roll out age verification processes to more regions in the future meaning Xbox users elsewhere can expect to see a similar requirement coming to their consoles soon.

I'm not sure how blocking people accessing Xbox and Spotify is supposed to save kids from stumbling upon porn.