I think he’s talking about verification ID as in the platform, not as some service that comply with laws. Because verification ID is already being requested in Brazil, I live here and people from the regional privacy subreddit shared a few screenshot of Reddit asking for ID.

Not sure what he mean with promising Reddit won’t ask for verification ID while it’s actually already asking for it.

Idk what to think about this, I just know if I need show my ID and there’s no way to bypass that Reddit is definitely dead to me.