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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
You can attack me ad hominum all you want that only degrades your lame arguments.
I have some numbers known to me and the costs.
If I have to pay a VISA NET validation charge through a processor -- a new UK visitor is likely not worth the cost or is now a marginal segment.
You notice no payment processor has joined this conversation.
Mindgeek can do what they want. They are probably not taking any position as there is no real position at this time to take at this time. Tubes make money selling their traffic. If large tube operators have to pay to age verify any segment of traffic they may very well abandon that traffic segment as unprofitable.
Under the schema I proposed -- a JSON Verification API the UK government's *regulator* (whatever the fuck that is) would have maybe 3 million requests to deal with each day. That is going to cost someone a lot of money -- and it won't be me.
The other question is how you maintain state with the age verified status of a visitor? With a cookie, that is the easiest way but is maybe only 70% dependable. As browsers delete cookies -- you would have to revalidate -- and someone will have to bear that cost.
It is not cost efficient to set up a data base for visitors that are not logged in. Browser fingerprinting for identification might be only 85% accurate anyway.
You carry on with your unicorns and rainbows ... Your White Knight is on its way ...
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Barry, it is happening. This is something I know about because I have been involved in the process.
It does not matter why, debates about free speech, govt censorship etc are irrelevant.
That argument was lost and the smart ones are getting with the program.
Any govt anywhere in the world can decide what it wants to do and businesses can decide how to work within the framework.
Not sure what you are wittering about re making the UK pay for you to pass their regulations.
You dont expect any other country to meet the transactional costs of your business.
If you dont want GBP customers then you probably dont have a real idea of the size of the market. But that is your decision.
However you are making an awful lot of noise for someone who does not want to be in this market.
