Seems like even under young voters more people support it than being against it; 30% of people aged 18-23 are strongly in favor, 57% of people in that age group supports it.
I wonder why? Maybe these types of surveys don’t consider the implementation / what you need to give up in order to have age verification?
Because the internet, for all it's good, has caused society and individuals some pretty serious problems. I don't like the idea of mandatory age verification, but having unrestricted internet access as a kid was objectively bad for me and many of the people I know.
> That is your parent’s fault that it was bad for you. So don’t punish me or anyone else because you never learned control.
I think you're suffering from a lack of empathy. That doesn't mean OS age verification should be implemented or not, but that you're going to be insufferable and pretty ignorant about what's going on.
IMHO, the popularity of age-verification is due to the increasing awareness of the harms of much online activity, plus the impracticality of putting the whole burden of mitigating that for children onto the shoulders of parents. If you flippantly and contemptuously ignore those concerns, people will be happy to ignore your concerns.
And since you brought it up: honestly, I wouldn't feel bad "punishing" you with this policy, just because of the attitude displayed in your comment. It's needlessly aggressive and making contemptuous assumptions. Your comment actually shoots your position in the foot.
> Look in the mirror as well. You started with the “punishing you just because”.
You actually introduced the "punishment" framing, which I think was unhelpful so mirrored it back to show that. You should also note that I scare-quoted it. And the point I was making was your attitude is harming your own advocacy.
> You’ve already rejected the advocacy why would I be trying to convince you of anything?
Dude, you need to step back and carefully re-read this thread. You have no idea what's going on, and seem to be trying to compensate for your ignorance with aggression.
You have an attitude problem, you're not going to be able to convince anyone of anything. And what's your reaction to being told about that? Show the same problem, over and over.
I wonder why? Maybe these types of surveys don’t consider the implementation / what you need to give up in order to have age verification?