13-05-2017, 00:01
Interesting piece on the age verification and its potential consequences :
https://www.inverse.com/article/31314-po...dora-blake
The numbers quoted are of particular note.
The website owner in the piece runs a small site earning around £1000 per month.
The site gets around 3000 visitors per day.
The mobile companies are apparently preparing to offer age verification for 10p a go.
So, assuming that site continues to get 3000 hits, that would cost £300 to age verify all those visitors for just ONE day!
The article implies that cost occurs every day, but that may not be the case, the charge may just be to setup your age verified account and initially check your details, or it may only occur whenever you login to that account, you could stay logged in for days. Even so, that extra cost will be a big hit on certain sites, including the likes of this forum.
https://www.inverse.com/article/31314-po...dora-blake
The numbers quoted are of particular note.
The website owner in the piece runs a small site earning around £1000 per month.
The site gets around 3000 visitors per day.
The mobile companies are apparently preparing to offer age verification for 10p a go.
So, assuming that site continues to get 3000 hits, that would cost £300 to age verify all those visitors for just ONE day!
The article implies that cost occurs every day, but that may not be the case, the charge may just be to setup your age verified account and initially check your details, or it may only occur whenever you login to that account, you could stay logged in for days. Even so, that extra cost will be a big hit on certain sites, including the likes of this forum.