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A credit card seems like a reasonable way to verify age. Can you think of a better way? Or do you think no content should be age restricted?
by standardUser 5y ago
A credit card seems like a reasonable way to verify age. Can you think of a better way? Or do you think no content should be age restricted?
- mikro2nd 5y agoAnd if I have no credit card? (I have no credit card. I approach 6 decades in age.)
- standardUser 5y agoDon't debit cards work as well? If you have no debit or credit card, why would any for-profit enterprise want to interact with you in the first place?
- Cu3PO42 5y agoDebit cards work if they're Visa or MasterCard, probably. Many countries have national card schemes for debit cards that do not work.
- JI00912 5y agoI doubt it has anything to do with verifying age though. More likely they know people are hesitant to sign up and pay for youtube, but if they can get your credit card in other ways, then later it easier to get you to pay for something because then you just have to press "ok" since your details are already entered. Plus this gives them your identity, which is relevant because their business model nowadays is based around tracking people.
- megous 5y agoeIDAS + smart card reader. :) But I guess, google still wants to make the check passable.