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Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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> can't have apps without an account
> cave have an account without a loicense
Will this finally kill off the "Apple is private enough" mantra I always hear?
Apple is doing this instead of requiring app developers to implement and maintain their own system, which is what Android is doing.
The question comes down to who trust more, any random app developer or a single entity.
For example this means meta doesn't have to verify their iOS users because iOS already has.
I'm sure most people in this thread are coming at this all from a morally superior position about how they don't use meta but they also don't use iOS devices so this is another bit of outrage.
No one here is actually anything besides get upset about something that doesn't effect them. The internet has become a silly place.
To put it simply, I do in fact care a great deal, because Android is also moving towards centralization from Google. It's bad. It's all bad.
These companies can't be trusted with their identity, and they've been demonstrably untrustworthy for over a decade. Have you heard of Total Information Awareness and its spawn? PRISM? Palantir?
unfortunately, that is not how cults work.