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The age requirement operates as a hard eligibility gate, barring anyone under 18 from using the Google Pay app regardless of other circumstances.
Interpretive note: The excerpt establishes a minimum age of 18 for the Google Pay app specifically. A separate clause (id: 63342) sets a minimum age of 16 for Google Pay generally; the relationship between the two thresholds is not resolved here.
Users under 18 are prohibited from using the Google Pay app.
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"In order to use the Google Pay app, you must be 18+.Excerpt from Google Ads's Terms of Service
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The age requirement operates as a hard eligibility gate, barring anyone under 18 from using the Google Pay app regardless of other circumstances.
Users under 18 are prohibited from using the Google Pay app.
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