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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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