Not in the same sense as North America. We have debit cards tied to bank accounts with a similar functionality as a credit card, but they often don’t work at a negative balance. No one I know has a debit card that functions the same as a North American credit card. (I’m a Canadian living in Australia.)

I have a MasterCard debit card, but it doesn’t work as an age verification for Steam.

“its TVs do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations”

Because we all know voice activation isn’t a thing…

It’s not continuous if certain things have to happen for it to start…

All fine and dandy until your debit card (I don’t have a credit card) won’t remove the age restriction, and there are no other ways to verify, not even the 20 year old PayPal already attached to Steam. (Even accounts over 18 years of age are subject to this BS)

Another resounding ‘success’ of the Australian govt. :insert eye roll meme of preference:

Can’t wait to see what a cluster the proposed opt-out of algorithms turns into.