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Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by protomyth on Sunday September 18, 2011 @01:51PM (#3010770)
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.

Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by dlikhten on Monday September 19, 2011 @02:02PM (#3014534)
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.
Re:Dear Google Marketing (Re: Your kids policy) by protomyth on Monday September 19, 2011 @09:49PM (#3015935)
I get the feeling that someone who grows up with a different service will be harder to recruit later due to the earlier slight.