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Most Apple accounts need a credit card attached. If kids have a phone then it will need a credit card. As you need to be 18 in many countries to get a credit card then for kids to use a phone they will need the parents card. I fail to see how this helps age verification.
That's because these ghouls don't actually care how old you are, they just wanna know what you're doing at all times.
Nah, they just want money, is all.
You think they don't already? Can you even use an iPhone without an Apple ID? I'm fairly sure you couldn't install any apps without one, and if you've ever paid for anything they definitely already have your real data.
Doesn't mean it has the user's ID.
They know the user's identity - they have the name and home address on the credit card used to pay.
If you mean "it doesn't have the user's ID card", well that's true. But that's mainly because the UK doesn't actually have an ID card or national ID database/reference number, so NO operator in the UK has "the user's ID" in that sense.
not always, and not everyone spends money on phone microtransactions.
The person paying might not be the user, is what I mean. I'm thinking of phones given to younger family members.
That’s just not true, at least in the UK. Debit cards are the standard here, not credit, and they don’t have the same age restrictions.
I’ll have to ask around. My kids are too old to have had the option and the grandkids are too young. 🤔
that helps surveillance
I suppose you could operate an iPhone without a credit card but I don’t know how common that would be as it does complicate using the App Store etc.For most people it would be business as usual.