Typical of Apple to do the bidding of their CCP owners. Age verification is all about implementing ESG laws on every individual. Nothing to do with protecting kiddies.
If you use a device that requires anything other than anonymity you are volunteering for ESG. A password is fine, but not an ID for you when not accessing that particular site.
Apple is not owned by the CCP. And cite the age verification tools rolled out by Google for its Android [ advertising ] system.