Topic: Gamechat - Only friends and verified by text - Thoughts?

I was really looking forward to the gamechat option, but I read the details on the website and just saw that it's only for friends and then confirmed via text.


On their website at https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/features/... it says :

Only friends can be invited
Get started by approving specific friends from your Friend List to use GameChat with. This means you'll only interact with people you want to.
Verification by text message
As an additional security measure, text message verification is required to set up GameChat. It uses the phone number registered to your Nintendo Account.

I get for parents and young people that makes sense, but don't know if it should be applied for everyone. If I'm playing mario party or mario kart or civ 7 I'm not going to go through that entire process each time.

Thoughts?

Only friends is annoying enough but understandable, I guess. Verified by text? Pretty quick even per friend but nevertheless excessive.