Re:Epic Games to pay $520M to resolve FTC allegations
by PurpleRamen on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:42AM
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It doesn't matter whether some will circumvent the age-gate. The company made an attempt, and enough kids are blocked by it, this is a good enough for the law, at the moment. But Epic is not willing to even walk this short way...
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Re:Epic Games to pay $520M to resolve FTC allegations
by robswc on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:59PM
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What is the point then? It would be like a bar tender asking if you're 21 and letting you drink if you just reply "yes." Regulators would be happy though because "at least you tried?"
I get its just trying to shift the burden onto the parents and the "lying child" but at the end of the day it just seems like it would collectively waste so many hours.
Re:Epic Games to pay $520M to resolve FTC allegations
by PurpleRamen on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:19AM
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The point is that it's better than no having no solution. Not every kid is lying, not every kid is on its own. That we need a better solution, does not invalidate usage of the existing in the meantime.
Re:Epic Games to pay $520M to resolve FTC allegations
by robswc on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:43AM
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>The point is that it's better than no having no solution
IMO, I just feel like it wastes too much time to justify itself. Hundreds of thousands of hours spent on a solution that relies entirely on the (unreliable) respondent.