[miki123211]

If we accept the premise that age restrictions of any kind are good (which, just to be clear, I don't think we should), there are good reasons for tailoring your content based on the user's age.

Imagine you're a streaming service, trying to show a list of movies that a user can watch. If you can only communicate age restrictions to the OS, but can't actually check the users age, you have a choice of showing a list of movies that some users won't actually be able to watch, or a list of movies limited to those appropriate for all ages. Neither are great options.

If you can check the user's age bracket, you can actually tailor the list to what the user can realistically watch.

[exe34]

There are only about 120 versions to target if you pick each individual age - or a handful if you bracket it. You can simply create a lookup table for eachage group and let the user's device decide which one to show.

[txrx0000]

The user can voluntarily give the platform their age by typing it into their account profile in that streaming app. You can already do this right now. No laws required.

The problem at hand is we have a new law that forces everyone to give their age to every app. It's mandatory personal info collection.