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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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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?