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A comment on Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps. Parent comment

Re:Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps by JohnMakin on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @02:25PM (#47065147)
I have been terminally online since the age of 7 and this would probably make me shut everything down and go outside. Maybe that'd be good for society, but I suspect most people will just shrug and go along with it.
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Re:Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps by hydrogen7800 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @03:17PM (#47065801)
"It can't be that bad if everyone else is also doing it."

I'm not sure how principled I would be if/when it comes to that. I hope I will be.

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Re:Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps by JohnMakin on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:48PM (#47067497)
Conceptually it’s difficult to explain to most people why this would not benefit them.

Like, I don’t maintain the delusion that I can’t be precisely identified by the apps I use. I just am vehemently opposed to it being tied to my government issued identity, which could be arbitrarily revoked and controlled by people who dont have pure profit as their motive. A lot of people probably find that overly paranoid.

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