What’s strange is that they’ll try to verify with Persona even after Apple has shared an age range with them.

If you trust Apple, why verify with Persona above that? If you don’t trust Apple, why bother integrating the Apple age check? The answer must be something silly like “we did it because Apple asked us to but we don’t trust what Apple tells us because we’re not sure if it’s compliant”.

It’s too bad, because I trust Apple with my data way more than Reddit and infinitely more than Persona. I hope Reddit comes to their senses because I’m never giving my data to Persona.

The more obvious answer is that they get different marketing signals from the two companies' offerings and want both.