Originally posted by banditshigh:

Cannot block sexual content until I enter CC details

Seriously Steam, I don't want to give you my CC details, but due to the UK government sticking its nose into my business and your ineptitude to think things through, I have had to.

I don't want to see all of these 'Sexual Content' games, I am not interested at all, however I cannot screen them out as you fail to list the option under screening preferences.

However, once I enter my CC details, you add 'Sexual Content' to the list of preferences which I can then screen out ... why the hell isn't it there in the first place, that way I'd not need to give you my CC details, oh and phone number as well!

Needless to say I'll be removing my CC details and phone number ASAP ... hopefully you'll remember that I'm verified as being an adult.

Complete and utter joke!

Originally posted by dgresevfan:

I believe he's saying that the entire area with checkboxes for explicit sexual content is blocked off by the age verification message so you can't check the boxes or uncheck the boxes.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

For the store, all checkboxes should be blank boxes, unchecked...

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

If they are blue with little white checkmarks, you are opting into seeing mature content.

Are you saying you can not turn them off without entering your CC?

:nkCool:

Originally posted by dgresevfan:

Oh I see what you mean. Yeah that's really stupid. Especially since you can still see adult stuff going on in the thumbnails.

Originally posted by banditshigh:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

For the store, all checkboxes should be blank boxes, unchecked...

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

If they are blue with little white checkmarks, you are opting into seeing mature content.

Are you saying you can not turn them off without entering your CC?

You'd think as a software engineer I'd know how check boxes work ... oh, hold on, I do ;)

Originally posted by dgresevfan:

Oh I see what you mean. Yeah that's really stupid. Especially since you can still see adult stuff going on in the thumbnails.

Yep, that's what I thought as well.


Without CC details the preferences available are ...

- General Mature Content
- Frequent Violence or Gore
- Some Nudity or Sexual Content


Add my CC details the list is now ...

- General Mature Content
- Frequent Violence or Gore
- Some Nudity or Sexual Content
+ Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content
+ Adult Only Sexual Content


It gets better, I'd provided my CC details so they could verify my age, after which I deleted the details, guess what happened next ... they want me to enter my CC details to prove my age.

Seems like common sense is not a prerequisite for Steam employees!

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

The default is off.

:nkCool:

Originally posted by banditshigh:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

The default is off.

:nkCool:

Hmm, if the default is off, then why does Steam keep on adding sexual content type games to my discovery queue ... I see a slight fault in your logic!

My discovery queue has one of these games listed, F knows why as I've never and will never show any interest in these sorts of games, but it now prevents me from traversing my discovery queue!

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

And yes, removing your CC (not having it saved) will restrict you again. This is intentional by design..

:nkCool:

Originally posted by banditshigh:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

And yes, removing your CC (not having it saved) will restrict you again. This is intentional by design..

Ooooookay, so I've proved that I am of age ...

Do I need to keep on proving I'm of age every single time?

Does it make sense that I can only screen out sexual content games if I prove I'm of an age where I could actually buy them?

Is it not possible for Steam to make a note that I've proved my age by providing CC details without having to store my CC details?

Did anyone at Steam actually do any testing of this feature before release? ... Oh, did I mention I was a Senior Test Engineer as well before I retired!

Why we use this process

In the UK, Ofcom is the independent regulator for online safety. Ofcom’s guidance on the OSA states that one highly effective age assurance measure is credit card checks. This is because, in the UK, an individual must be at least 18 years of age to obtain a credit card, therefore credit card issuers are obliged to verify the age of an applicant before providing them with a credit card.

Having the credit card stored as a payment method acts as an additional deterrent against circumventing age verification by sharing a single Steam user account among multiple persons.

Originally posted by Kiryn:

The whole point of the Brit age-check system is that unless you pass the age check, none of those things should be showing in the first place.

Are you seeing actual "adult"/porn games, or are you seeing regular games that happen to have Sexual Content (like, say, Cyberpunk)

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Having the CC saved as the payment method ensures the account is verified and not just sold off to underage people on a 3rd party site.

:nkCool:

Originally posted by banditshigh:

Yet again, another law implemented by governments and companies obeying the law, with no actual thought going into the process.