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It's not about porn, it's about censorship. The government can now ban sites that it deems "dangerous". It's a soft ban, but it will slow traffic to a crawl given that most people want nothing to do with the government id app that would be needed to unlock said sites. Said soft ban could be used as leverage for any number of political or repressive reasons. Soon enough there will be "dangerous ideas" that the children must be protected from. You can't just hope that governments won't abuse their power, they will, given enough time. So you have to be certain of your rights instead.

I sometimes feel like I may never start a game again. eg, trying new games. --- Still messing around in Enshrouded a bit. Did I ever mention there is no currency? eg, no buying/selling/trading. Kinda refreshing, that. NMS finally had an emoji tweet - wonder what the next Expedition will bring in terms of items or possibly new feature. Or nothing. Could be a good time to return to that one for a bit tho. Still dreaming of/wishing for the perfect sandbox.

Tainted Grail DLC was a mistake. I finished the DLC but it completely sapped my interest in the game. I think I chose the bad ending because I stopped paying attention to what anyone was saying. Also went back to TOW2. I am enjoying it somewhat the second(third? Fourth?) time around. I like the companions. Although their reactivity to what you are doing is a little lacking. I completely ransacked a protectorate building and aside from dude saying "let's leave this place exactly how we found it" after I took everything i could, he seemed to have no problem with me destroying the place. Edit: also i did the old save game slaughter everyone one time. And a companion had a dialgoue box so I talked to her thinking she'd be mad I slaughtered a whole town. Nope she told me how she thinks "spacers choice could do a better job helping these refugees".... I dont think that matters anymore I'm not sure sci fi space RPGs benefit from open worlds. These locations would be more memorable if you cut out all the traveling from one end of a map to the other. IMO nothing is going to compare to New Vegas because devs want to make everything bigger. When the story takes place in many locations it just feels impersonal. if it took place on one planet you could weave the story together. As it is everything feels forgettable. That first town will never be visited again because I've got 5 other planets to explore. Played a bit of that Yakuza pirate game... its kinda fun but I'm already over the endless cutscenes and tutorials. I'm guessing there are popup tutorials until you are on the final act. I may never finish a game ever again

Answer is that it probably wouldn't inconvenience me much, since I doubt I'd have much problem circumventing anything short of a full Great Firewall of New Zealand. However, compulsory use of the internet for storage of important information like your identity needs opposing on principle, especially when it's done mostly so politicians can take An Achievement to The Electorate. Last month a compulsory use privately run health database got hacked here that was used by a third of the country's population. It appears they gained access through brute forcing a password, and much of the data wasn't encrypted- about as basic mistakes as it's possible to make. So far, zero consequences for the guys running it. You also know that people will go full UK and let Peter Thiel/ Meta/ Cambridge Analytica et alia have access to all that lovely data.

This surprised me. Exports to the US growing year on year despite the tariffs. https://infogram.com/dansk-eksport-til-usa-1hnq41opvgd1k23

For me at least, it's primarily a question of privacy. Age verification requires identity verification, which can aid criminal behavior and potentially allowing retaliation for some posted comment. This in turn limits freedom to speak one's mind and increases risk.