> If an online service like eBay, Facebook or Uber required this level of verification, people would (rightly) tell them to piss off and use a competing service

> If an online service like eBay, Facebook or Uber required this level of verification, people would (rightly) tell them to piss off and use a competing service instead. Well, we'll see once the government forces through the "anti-troll" bill that does require a similar level of verification, next year. [0] https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/29/australia_troll_bill/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/29/australia_troll_bill/