The majority of the comments are from obvious kids (hope the FTC isn't storing that data for long) who can't spell and must have been sent there from a popular Roblox channel (the timestamps on all of the comments are similar). I spent a night reading through all of the comments to see if any of my fellow kid creators were in there (since the information was a bit more identifying). Pretty depressing. It is time to hop out of the kids niche guys. Bounce Patrol is pleading for dear life, senators are chastising anything but further restriction, etc. I continue to emphasize that this will go badly. The argument of child protection is too strong, and lawmakers are latching onto it to promote themselves politically. There are more people in the world who are concerned for child privacy than YouTubers whose livelihood will be impacted. Several in the FTC workshop advocated for raising the bar higher than even 13 for data privacy. It'll happen (think pot legalization but more politics friendly/easier), and California will lead the charge. If you are a kid content creator trying to raise your age bar, you are going to find yourself in this same situation again in a few years. YouTube will not defend you, as they aren't now. At this point I'm probably getting annoying but I want to see you all make the best of your lives. Your skills are transferable to other niches - they can't take that from you!
