Comment by hackeraccount
1 month ago
Buying alcohol is nothing like getting an anonymous token that grants the right to a Google account.
This is equivalent to saying you either need to be over 16 or have a parents permission which will not work for any number reasons that someone else can enumerate.
It's a nice idea. Won't work.
Why won't it work?
So a parent gets some joy knowing their kid is running around in the sun and not being the object of some Internet predator. If some kids have Internet suddenly your kid is bugging you 16 hours a day to unlock their access. You don't want to police your kid, what you want is that ability taken out of your hands so your kid will stop annoying you.
I think the analogy is to compulsory education.
In this analogy an anonymous token from a liquor store saying "I am an adult" would be equivalent to any adult being able to buy any kid a "get out of school" card. Maybe it would work but somehow I don't think it would - and to the degree it would work it would be because of parents making sure their kids were in school - which let's be honest is what compulsory bans are trying to avoid (i.e. create less work for parents by having the ban be universal).