what made you realize that video games are no longer a hobby you enjoy anymore?

>growing up, my parents told me to never, under any circumstances, put my real name, address, photos of myself, or any identifying information on the internet
>fast forward a couple of decades
>every webstie now wants a photo/video of myself or an ID to be able to access anything not specifically meant for children
>and the data I give up is then sent to some shady unknown third party age verification service, who's security standards are a complete mystery and who are allowed to do whatever they want with the data they acquire
what happened?