Australia pressed it, as a result of parents who have genuine concerns about social media addiction in kids (but who aren’t willing to do anything about it themselves).
And there’s also this which explains why the implementation is the most annoying way possible. If I had my way age-verification would be solely tied to the addictive features of social media, but if that were the case the big tech companies would just lose users and wouldn’t be able to insert themselves as an age-verification middle-man.
I wasn’t meaning age verification in particular, Google deciding to mandate developer registration for Android apps and Samsung removing to option to unlock the bootloader on their phones also happened last summer
Australia pressed it, as a result of parents who have genuine concerns about social media addiction in kids (but who aren’t willing to do anything about it themselves).
And there’s also this which explains why the implementation is the most annoying way possible. If I had my way age-verification would be solely tied to the addictive features of social media, but if that were the case the big tech companies would just lose users and wouldn’t be able to insert themselves as an age-verification middle-man.
I wasn’t meaning age verification in particular, Google deciding to mandate developer registration for Android apps and Samsung removing to option to unlock the bootloader on their phones also happened last summer
Regardless, my reply does explain why age verification on the internet is becoming a thing.