[devmor]

> at whatever point parents stop monitoring, they would like the kids to not be fully in the deep end

Parents want to stop monitoring their kids, but still want their kids' experiences to be catered to their ideals, so the rest of society must now bend towards what you want for your kids specifically?

What about parents who want a different set of guardrails for their kids - more limited or less limited than you? What about people who aren't kids - does their privacy or freedom not matter, just because you don't want to handle it yourselves anymore?

That sounds to me (a non-parent) like a very selfish and naive worldview. I'm assuming from your tone that you are in support of this, so would you explain to me why you think its not?

[furyofantares]

You assume from my tone I'm in support of it when I literally said I'm not presenting any such argument?

I agree with everything you said.

I just think "we turned out fine" is always a garbage argument, and worse, fails to understand what drives people to want stuff like this.

I think it's better to acknowledge the real issues parents have, and then explain why age verification is an extremely naive solution that won't solve the problems and comes with a host of other problems.

[devmor]

Apologies for the misunderstanding, your post read to me like you supported this type of gating, just not age verification in its current state.

I think the solution has to start and end before the internet is even involved in the equation, anything less is harm by shifting the burden.

[furyofantares]

No problem, I updated my post to make it clearer in response.