Well, if your GMail account is old enough to drink, I doubt it's going to be a problem.

Sure. But they have slave camps for Uighur, operate illegal police forces in the U.S., they have no freedom of speech or press, etc.

that's supposed to read "62.3% OF 60% ..."

Not everyone works. The labor force participation rate is 62.3% as of June. Well, guess what? 62.3% or 60% is 37%. So, the rates of use are identical.

If these companies are insisting on these sorts of crazy rollouts, we should start looking at only charging residential customers a de minimus fee and letting corporations subsidize power for these communities. We're supposed to reap the benefits of new technology in the market. If companies are just going to eat up any new capacity, then they should be paying for ALL of the infrastructure.

"they were selling houses for $1"

That's essentially a zombie fact. While Detroit housing prices are still modest, it's one of the hottest markets in the country for how fast prices are rising. As someone else pointed out, those weren't houses being sold for $1. Those were essentially lots with lots of housing remnants that needed to be torn down and removed, and often had back tax burdens that must be handled by the buyer. The cost of tearing down and cleaning up + the back taxes were often greater than the (poor) land value, so the properties got sold for $1.

"India is better than China"

Not a high bar. Child marriage. Forced sterilizations. Tacit support of assassins in United States and Canada.

Or Cash app, which is already in wide use and supports buying and sending Bitcoin.

Risk of chargebacks from Visa/MC far exceed risks of accepting Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is losing its volatility, and Lightning Network (built on Bitcoin) is far more environmentally friendly and very fast.

LN is a very good fit for Steam since it's most efficient when you have a long term business relationship with the other party.

E.g., right now Bitcoin fees are around $1.50 per transaction. LN requires two transactions to setup and close out a relationship, so about $3 of electricity used. And depending on how much you put into the channel when you set it up, this could be used for hundreds of sales, and if so, you're really only expending $0.03 electricity per sale.

They already solved this problem. It's on Steam to actually make it a reality though.

Cash app is already in use by lots of people and makes buying/sending Bitcoin quite easy. Sure, it's a hoop, but I'd argue it's an easier hoop than gift cards.

They tried Bitcoin before Lightning Network was established. Bitcoin doesn't create any significant extra costs.

And that is different than their current refund policy. Thus, they must change their current policy.

Steam should accept Bitcoin for these types of games (and all other games). Yes, they need to think carefully about refund policies, but it's totally doable.