We will see how optional it is to not participate in age verification when software used for interfacing with the world (such as bank apps or similar) require you to use age verification. On top of this, barring your children from apps requiring it is just going to socially isolate them from their peers.

The fact of the matter is that if we want companies to be accountable for the pedophiles on their platform, they simply have to enforce some privacy invasive policies.