>which are lobbying for it so they can earn money with users' preferences

Given it's a field where you can put absolutely anything in (and probably randomize, if you want), how is this different than the situation today, where random sites ask you for your birthday (also unverified)? Moreover Meta already has your birthday. It's already mandated for account creation, so claims of "so they can earn money with users' preferences" don't make any sense.

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anthk 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Keep gaslighting:

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification...

Good luck when most libre users toss RH/Debian because of this and embrace GNU.

	▲	gruez 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>Keep gaslighting: This is against HN guidelines: " Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." >The contents of the field will be protected from modification except by users with root privileges. So... most users?