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[–] Solemarc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

You are completely wrong.

Credit cards are very common here. Also, I don't have a credit card and I haven't lost access to any of my steam games.

I've played games like Wuthering Waves and VPN'd to America and the game has asked me to verify my age then I've disabled the VPN and started the game again and magically it's not now.

[–] caseofthematts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

I don't know what to tell you, I got my information from an Australian, and everything I've seen online confirms this.

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

I’m an Australian

I don’t know an adult Australian who doesn’t at least have a Visa debit card, which more or less functions as the same.

Many use EFTPOS (and quite frankly our government should move that to a credit payment facility so we can ditch the American ones) but what that Aussie told you is not correct; in fact most of the larger retailers are pushing for cashless transactions.

[–] eligibly@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But a debit card explicitly isn't a credit card, which is what's being talked about here

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It uses the same function and the point stands…most Australians use a credit card or BNPL which is essentially the same.

[–] eligibly@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not when it's being used for age verification...

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who uses these for age verification?

[–] eligibly@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Steam..? The subject of the post..?

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

So they do. However, most Aussies still have a credit card

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