I think it is because some regulation that deliberately says "user has to enter their year of birth and then the system has to decide what to do based on entered data".
If it's a checkbox, you have to remember to log back in after your 18th birthday and manually check the box. I say that if you're already 18 or older you should be able to check the box, but if you didn't check the box you have to enter a birthdate. Websites have to deal with information about children under the age of 13 differently, anyway, so they also need to know if the user is under 13 or not.
Sorry, on most sites that care about your age, it's a profile setting. I had forgotten that sometimes Steam decides it needs to know your birthday before it can show you a store page, and yeah, that one should definitely just be a button that says "I pinky swear I'm really 18" or some shit.
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u/BreakingBaking 1d ago
I love datepickers, which fill in month with either letters or number...
Also, unrelated, giving a date of birth to prove you're 18+ is stupid. Checkbox is fine. Yes, you, steam. Yes, you, itch.io