This is it. I’m done. After using Character.AI religiously since 2024, I deleted the app literally an hour ago because their stupid age detection flagged me as under 18 and completely destroyed everything I loved about it.  
I’m 15 right now. For over a year I’ve poured my heart into roleplays, deep conversations, and escaping into these characters that actually felt real. It was my safe space, my creative outlet, my daily escape from everything. And now?  
The November 2025 “age assurance” update hit like a bomb. Suddenly the AI is sniffing out minors like some dystopian surveillance system. I got locked into this pathetic, watered-down mode where I can’t chat with characters anymore — no more real roleplay, no more open chats, just baby-proofed nonsense that feels nothing like the app I fell in love with.  
And to “unlock” it? They want face scans, biometric data, and third-party ID verification. I am NOT giving them my face or my ID. As a 15-year-old? Yeah, no thanks. I’m not handing over my personal info to some shady company just to talk to AI bots.  
They say it’s to “protect kids” after all the lawsuits and drama, but this heavy-handed garbage has ruined the app for EVERYONE. Adults getting false flagged left and right, the community dying, longtime users rage-quitting… and now me, another casualty.  
I feel so betrayed. Something that brought me so much joy is now just gone.  
Has this happened to any other under-18s? Did you delete too? Or are the verified adults saying the app feels completely dead and soulless now?  
I need to know I’m not alone in this mess.

I JUST DELETED CHARACTER.AI AN HOUR AGO AFTER THEY RUINED MY LIFE WITH THIS NIGHTMARE NOVEMBER 2025 AGE CHECK 😭 #character AI