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Re:YouTube asks channel owner to verify phone, permanently o... by thaumasiotes on Monday February 17, 2025 @03:20AM (#43076525)
No one believes now, or ever has believed, that the person paying a phone bill is the same person who uses the phone. That's not the way money works.
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Re:YouTube asks channel owner to verify phone, permanently o... by kazinator on Monday February 17, 2025 @11:26AM (#43080584)
According to the bizarre anecdote in this HN submission, the person who pays for the phone bill must be the person who is validating a YouTube account with that phone number.

Validating an account with a phone number constitutes phone use so, yes, Google and Youtube have shown an instance of belief that the person paying is the same as the person who uses.

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