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Technically, there are parental consent clauses in the bill. Google is not willing to implement them. It probably is a cost issue.

I do think the commercial is ill-advised given their policy since it shows a use case, in an uplifting way, that they don't want to support.



Sometimes, these things get so complex to implement and validate against that its worth it to just not. For google its cost. They can't use a minor's data at all, and they are a data company. The cost is high, the benefit is zero. A teen will use whatever their friends use anyways.


I get the feeling that someone who grows up with a different service will be harder to recruit later due to the earlier slight.




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