For many, obtaining a credit card just for the purposes of age verification, and not using it for shopping, feels easier than giving away their legal identifying information to a random third party.

In the US you're usually inundated with offers to open a credit card (often pre-approved) right in your mailbox. Even if you're a poor recent immigrant, or something.

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dmantis a day ago | parent | next [-]

Probably, but making a non-used CC just for using your own phone sound a bit weird, don't you think?

And I don't criticize US way of living here, but Apple is an international company and could do better adjusting to local cultural habits. But maybe they just punish people for this stupid law in the first place which is totally understandable.

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bandrami a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Is the credit card issuer not a random third party?

	▲	nine_k a day ago \| parent [-]
		Banks are subject to much more scrutiny (regulations, audits) than a random company. Or maybe even a highly established company which you'd rather not give your identity to, something like Pornhub.