Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom in the UK

Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by dfgi on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:28PM (#47713258)

For most people the age verification won't be a problem. And anyway, there's always the option of acquiring and using an Android phone if you're unhappy with Apple's offering.

I see "Big Brother Watch" has their own narrative to push though.

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Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by samename on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:32PM (#47713285)

Why do you think this is exclusive to Apple? Android is rolling out age verification as well while simultaneously making side loading more difficult.

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Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by stavros on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:39PM (#47713324)

This isn't a legal thing, it's Apple being Apple. The law is about platforms that deal in pornography, self harm, etc:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_age_verification_in_the...

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Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by albedoa on Friday April 10, 2026 @12:03AM (#47713478)

The comment that you are replying to is saying that it's not exclusive to Apple and gives a non-Apple example. Your link has zero instances of the string "Apple". What am I missing.

> The law is about platforms that deal in pornography, self harm, etc

So...not exclusive to Apple.

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Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by stavros on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:23AM (#47715948)

It's so not exclusive to Apple that it didn't even apply to Apple at all.

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Re:Apple's New iPhone Update Is Restricting Internet Freedom... by Cider9986 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:44PM (#47713365)

>I see "Big Brother Watch" has their own narrative to push though.

The narrative that people have a right to privacy and we should prevent government overreach?

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