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Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/44753763

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Apple’s iOS 26.4 update adds age verification in the UK

Apple is rolling out age verification in the UK with the launch of iOS 26.4. The company says users in the country will need to verify they’re an adult to “use certain services or features.”
Emma Roth (The Verge)
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peacefulpixel
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peacefulpixel
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this is yet another fork in the road for all the "Apple better than Google Apple more private" people. will you move the goalposts again or will you finally admit you just think everything is pretty and don't actually care about security?

(Google is also bad btw. they both are, in fact for the same reasons. believe it or not, ALL billion dollar corporations only see you as a walking bag of money. no matter what their marketing or privacy policy says)

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doleo
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doleo
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This was the particular straw that broke this particular dromedaries’ back. I just have to bite the bullet and trade my iPhone for a pixel, now
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orca
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orca
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My struggle is that I want off of iOS, but I’ve also been watching the walls close in on devices that can have their bootloader unlocked. I used to be heavily into Android tinkering (I still own a Nexus 5 and a white G1–still in its box), but left because iOS was easier for my partner to adapt to and easier for us to share various things.
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iamtherealwalrus
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iamtherealwalrus
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So the choice is either accept spyware or become a digital hermit with no phone?
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peacefulpixel
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no, the choice is either learn the ways you can avoid and work against spyware like buying hardware that can be bootloader unlocked from now on, or submit yourself to a fate of just accepting whatever corporate america wants to do to you i guess
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versionc
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GrapheneOS is probably the best choice if you care about privacy nowadays. The only con is it only supports Pixel and future Motorola phones.

If your phone supports something like LineageOS, that'd also be a step up from stock Android or big-tech distributions, although it's not as good as GrapheneOS.

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