• Bubbey@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I know it’s downvote central, but I’ve been on the “No Porn on Steam” train forever. Ever since the introduction to the service it has inundated so much of the “Top Selling” “New & Trending” etc. Steam is for games, porn is for porn. Super annoying to sift through it when I’m looking for a new game, and I have my age settings so I can see adult games like GTA/Dishonored, not “Super Hentai Bejeweled 3000”.

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      4 days ago

      One of the biggest problems is “what is porn?”. Time and again a clear definition eludes us and it comes down to personal perception. What one group of people think is porn is not to a different group. Also something to think and reflect about, why are you okay with a store selling intense and graphic violence, but not sex?

      Then we get to the fact that it isn’t Steam calling the shots on this, not really. It is payment processors. The real outrage here is that Steam is not getting to decide what they do and don’t sell, and it isn’t a legal problem either. It is an arbitrary choice by the middle man monopoly. And there is nothing stopping their rules removing your ability to buy GTA or Dishonored next.

      I think the backlash would be a lot less if this was truly a Steam decision. There would be people upset still, but I don’t think to the same degree. The massive outrage is that stores all over, including as big as Steam, are being blackmailed into making these changes.

    • SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      … and I have my age settings so I can see adult games like GTA/Dishonored, not “Super Hentai Bejeweled 3000”.

      The former belong to the M rated category while the hypothetical latter would belong to the Adults Only category. As others have pointed out, you can hide adult games and still see other games with violence and mature themes. Steam classifies M-rated games and AO-rated games differently.

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      4 days ago
      1. steam is for games… no, it isn’t really. steam has been distributing non game software for ages.

      2. porn games are games so even if steam is for games it should have porn games.

      i don’t care for porn games but I’ve filtered them out so who cares what others do with their time

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      4 days ago

      Certainly there should be better search tools and personal curation on Steam. If you don’t want to see it you should be able to easily filter it.

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      4 days ago

      “I’ll know it when I see it” has gotta be the most vibes way to tell people they’re degenerates.