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I imagine that increased VPN use and ad tech blocks is also part of why there is such a heavy push for ID verificstion right now.
At some point we reached a tipping point where enough people were tired of the fucking endless fucking ads and tracking EVERYWHERE that its become problematic for the ad serving platforms. They need a new wayto forcibly know who you are.