Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default “teen-appropriate” experience unless it has proof that users are adults.
The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.
The problem with steam is that it will eventually go the same way.
At the moment the internet is being used by big tech similar to a sheepdog rounding up sheep. Hopefully most will refuse this and move platform, that platform will eventually attempted to be broken down and register a few more users etc. If you have younger siblings or kids, they’re fucked. Unless you educate them about their privacy and how important it is.
Gabe’s son is set to inherit the family company. Remember steam is for all purposes a family business.
Assuming Gabe retires in the next decade then his son works for 20-30 years we have another 30-40 years before steam goes to shit.
Unless an out side force actively fucks with valve and Gabe’s family to force things to become worse. It’s unlikely it will get worse.