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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour ago

Maybe this will make people start caring about privacy, but I think they will just put up with anything, like they always have.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 23 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

All this says to me is dont buy from microsoft if you're in Australia.

[–] DampSquid@feddit.uk 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

All this says to me is dont buy from microsoft.

[–] qwertyasdf@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 minutes ago
[–] sompreno@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

Probably a matter of time until the other major console brands follow suit

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Please forget about Steam, please forget about Steam, please forget about Steam

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 hour ago

I'm gonna be so annoyed, my account is literally 20 years old.

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Has already been the case in Singapore but they require us to login to our digital government ID on some external vendor's site which no one sure if they're even reliable or not. It's easy to work around by changing your account's region though.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 57 minutes ago

Fuck don't suggest anything to Malaysian government

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 hour ago

no one sure if they’re even reliable or not

it's a good assumption that they are not

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It seems she won't be right.