Recently, Epic Games rolled out a change to their account system aimed at protecting the younger people on their store and it has caused issues for the Heroic Games Launcher.
Epic announced a change in a blog post recently, for their new "Cabined Accounts" that provide "a tailored experience that is safe and inclusive for younger players while maintaining access to the gameplay you love in Fortnite".
A side-effect, is that the cross-platform free and open source Heroic Games Launcher can seemingly no longer download games unless you do this, leading to people believing that the issue is Heroic breaking. What you'll need to do, if you use it for Steam Deck or Linux desktop, is to either log out of Epic on Heroic and log back in which should bring up the prompt to add your date of birth, or add it on the Epic Games website to your account there.
That should get you back into working order if you didn't have it there already.
blindcoder Dec 19, 2022
Would give Valve money to let me register on Steam as an adult.
fearnflavio Dec 19, 2022
And we were like: What!? checking code, testing stuff just to realize was on Epic's end. ahahahah
BlackBloodRum Dec 19, 2022
Hint: If your behaviour is violating the privacy of kids, the solution is not to ask for a birthdate (which, by the way, already violates the privacy of kids) to only violate the privacy of adults.
- https://www.polygon.com/23516827/epic-games-ftc-settlement-fortnite-privacy-refunds
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/epic-will-pay-520-million-to-settle-ftc-privacy-payment-complaints/
- https://wccftech.com/epic-games-to-pay-520m-to-the-ftc-as-settlement-over-fortnite-privacy-case/
I'm sure you can find more reports yourself, the whole internet is littered with them.
This birthday requirement is not for the protection of the children, but to be able to single them out and abuse them ever more. I do not trust Epic with kids.
They make a good engine, but everything else they touch reeks and has ill intent. The whole sage with their Epic Games Store is a good example.
Quoting: CaenthYeah, I just leave these ones here:You mean like on our front page 3 hours before you commented :P
- https://www.polygon.com/23516827/epic-games-ftc-settlement-fortnite-privacy-refunds
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/epic-will-pay-520-million-to-settle-ftc-privacy-payment-complaints/
- https://wccftech.com/epic-games-to-pay-520m-to-the-ftc-as-settlement-over-fortnite-privacy-case/
I'm sure you can find more reports yourself, the whole internet is littered with them.
InhaleOblivion Dec 19, 2022
Quoting: Liam DaweYou mean like on our front page 3 hours before you commented :P
Hey, don't judge me for living in a different timezone! ;-)
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