It is not about age. It is just a way to tie accounts to a real life identity.

It won't be surprising if the requirement comes from some alphabet agency.

grishka a day ago | parent | next [-]

Don't most countries give people their first IDs before 18? Mine does it at 14.

rationalist a day ago | parent | next [-]

In the U.S., you can get a passport for a baby. In my state, you can get a state ID for your child.

	▲	swiftcoder a day ago \| parent [-]
		I don't believe IDs are mandatory for children, though? School IDs, maybe, but processing/storing those is going to be a data handling nightmare

notpushkin a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure, but they could still check the age while also linking the ID.

dgellow a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Dont they already have the payment information?

	▲	swiftcoder a day ago \| parent [-]
		Not universally. I've had a free dropbox account for nearly 2 decades, and never attached a payment method