← Back to context

Comment by cocoto

14 hours ago

The features are all already here.

Yes, buried in the settings of each account on each service.

Parents want the equivalent of being able to let their kid go to the mall and trust that the movie theater will not let them in to an R-rated movie. They don't want to have to call the theater, identify the child, and say "don't let them in to this list of movies".

  • Movie theater attendant is a highschooler not a member of the stasi. Age verification doesn’t even work in the meatspace.

    • > Movie theater attendant is a highschooler not a member of the stasi.

      And a flag on the account would be like the highschooler, right? As opposed to having nothing in way too many situations.

      > Age verification doesn’t even work in the meatspace.

      It works a lot better than nothing, you won't have 10 years olds getting into all the R rated movies they want. It doesn't have to be perfect, and a bit of wiggle room can even be a good thing for learning how to navigate the world.