Anyone who says this is about Childrens Online Safety needs to have their PR team fired for laziness.
I say that because I have faith that the common person isn't this obstensively stupid.
Corrupt? Evil? Well the proof in how they're going after non profits and open source.
If you're about to reply akin to "this doesn't affect you or me", you're actually wrong because this thing is the paper personification of overreaching Orwellian nightmares due to payment processors.
But lets say that it was more contained like you initially thought it was, why the fuck would you tolerate it existing?
Let me tell you, with that detached attitude these days, by the time you selfishly start caring about it. you'll be fucked.
End of the road, you'll have no other options.
Age restriction and verification does not mean censorship. Feature toggles can be enforced, once, at point of purchase. A patch activating full online functionality, adult content such as guns or drugs etc can later be downloaded for free when the player turns 18 with digital ID.
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