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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by hactually on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:48PM (#46626367)
So govt approved hardware and sofware. No custom ROMs or firmware.

Wow, the EU is really going hard on innovation.

I suppose the nice thing is that the dystopia has already been explored by science fiction quite well.

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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by ivan_gammel on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:17AM (#46629173)
I don’t think custom ROM or firmware are incompatible with digital IDs.
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Re:Why Every Country Should Set 16 as the Minimum Age for So... by vlad-roundabout on Thursday January 15, 2026 @08:09AM (#46631924)
They aren't, but Gugel and Eple want to keep their duopoly. No, I won't support an app blocking other OSes.
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