I spent the past two years building a team dedicated to identifying predators and groomers on the platform. We've found over half a million and counting. This change prevents developers from banning them from their games.
This update will break cross-game data stores, including ban lists. Safety systems like EASI identify accounts through user IDs. If that ID isn't consistent across games, our system can't identify them. Everyone needs to speak out against this.
Punished Ethan Klein phase is, without any shred of doubt, the best Ethan Klein phase.
I still don’t like him, and I have no interest in his content, but Klein going after all the double-crossing bottom feeders he used to surround himself with has been a joy to watch.