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"Steam started blocking Australian users from viewing or buying 18+ rated games on September 9, 2026, unless they attach a valid credit card to their account. Valve’s rollout affects hundreds of mature-rated titles, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Doom Eternal, and it doesn’t matter whether the account is brand new or fifteen years old with a library full of paid-for adult games. Without a credit card on file, those store pages, search results, and even home-page recommendations simply disappear."

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Pick your battles, boobies on steam or big bank bad

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

This isn't about boobies on steam (even if they say it is)

This effects games that are violent etc

[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 days ago

I'm definitely not signing up to one of the big 4 banks so that I can game.

Were I to go down that route I would get a paid credit card, and just see that $59 (or whatever) per year as part of the cost of gaming.

The zombies who use the big 4 banks are the same people who keep voting for the duopoly, or the other right wing trash parties, the same people who got us into this fascist shitopia