I agree, and I advocate for adopting such solutions. I'm definitely not a fan of sending my ID to an arbitrary 3rd party with no visibility into how it will be processed. I am confident that if verification becomes the norm, a good solution will become ubiquitous (whether that's Google's ZKP or something else).
But, dismissing the whole verification effort on principle because "it's the internet and it's inherently for adults" is silly and unrealistic, IMO (not that you were). It's just not the world we live in anymore, the internet is used by everyone, for everything, and we should build accordingly.
> a good solution will become ubiquitous (whether that's Google's ZKP or something else).
Believing that Google's solution will be truly ZK, interoperable, or good is similarly silly, unrealistic, and not the world we live in anymore. Unfortunately.
But, dismissing the whole verification effort on principle because "it's the internet and it's inherently for adults" is silly and unrealistic, IMO (not that you were). It's just not the world we live in anymore, the internet is used by everyone, for everything, and we should build accordingly.