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submitted 1 month ago by freedickpics@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

(Not sure if this is worldwide or only in some countries)

Updating to iOS 26.4DB2 will put your phone into a parental-restricted mode with adult websites blocked on all browsers, warning prompts every time you try to send or receive an explicit image on a messaging app, and all social media apps blocked on the App Store (in Australia)

The settings to disable this mode are locked off until you verify your age either with a credit card, photo ID, or though information Apple already has (like the age of your account).

I've been an apple user my entire adult life but this might finally be the thing that forces me off the platform. Do any other long term apple users have some tips about migrating? I've heard Ashai Linux is pretty good on mac hardware these days and I've been thinking about GrapheneOS for a while.

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[-] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I suggest simply never complying.

While this is the best. it is not feasible. Not many open source projects can just pay millions on fines and not think about it. Idiots making these laws cant enforce it but they will try in the only way they know. Fine and fine and fine untill a project dies.

[-] maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Forgive my confusion but could they not choose to lock out web traffic without a verification? Lets say your ISP joins and says that you need x bullshit token from the government to us it, then what?

[-] quips@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How would they have to pay any fines if they simply say we are no longer for use in xyz place doing age verification?

Second, how would payment be enforced when there is no organization to fine?

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Something in gut hub can still be "in development." Nobody has to comply with every regulation before they are finished. Goddamn these vultures. They've been nonstop since SOPA and PIPA back in 2010 or whenever.

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