Tell HN: OpenAI now requires ID verification and won't refund API credits

Summary

Just frustrated here: I credited my OpenAI API account with credits, and then it turns out I have to go through some verification process to actually use the API, which involves disclosing personal data to some third-party vendor, which I am not prepared to do. So I asked for a refund and am told that that refunds are against their policy.So I'll be cancelling my chatgpt plus sub, disputing the card payment, and moving to deepseek.Edit: Deepseek seems to be a lot cheaper than OpenAIEdit 2: seems verification is only needed for gpt-5, gpt-4o seems to work without it