California leading the way? Have you been under a rock? It even says this in the article....
The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age, setting AB 1043 apart from similar laws passed in Texas and Utah that require "commercially reasonable" verification methods
It's a curated app store. App devs are still free to just not put it on that store and host it themselves. You can definitely keep it between you and the dev.
Limit is 6'8"
Baron is supposedly 6'9", which is really convenient.