Comment by armchairhacker

1 day ago

An analogous good implementation of age restriction is that one must show their ID to buy an unrestricted device if they look too young.

They can't be tracked, as long as the devices are in randomly sorted identical boxes. Of course someone can buy a device and give it to a kid, but that's already possible with alcohol (and legal if it's their kid).

I actually really like this suggestion. Treat a phone like a box of cigarettes. Hey, it could even have a surgeon general's warning on the packaging!