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0 pointsjeroenhd14h ago0 comments

Apple has to do age verification because of dumb laws, but they decided to do age verification in a dumb way.

The author tried to go along with the age verification system with five different cards and failed five times. For an account that's older than the legal age that would need to be verified in the first place, mind you.

There are many ways to do age verification, most of them bad, but that's why most companies complying with these laws use multiple methods.

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catapart13h ago

nevermind the apologist. his paycheck is paid by people that have capitulated to the same bullshit. and you know what they say about people learning lessons whom have a financial incentive not to.

pfraze13h ago

Indeed. There has been zero political opposition to these laws. Apple isn’t going to pay the fines on our behalf, so we need to get organizing if we don’t like this.

catapart13h ago

ah, yeah; I guess organization looks like complete capitulation and then commenting on the effect elsewhere with a sturdy shrug "whatcha gonna do? we're all just so powerless". fighting the good fight.

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0 pointsjeroenhd14h ago0 comments

Apple has to do age verification because of dumb laws, but they decided to do age verification in a dumb way.

There are many ways to do age verification, most of them bad, but that's why most companies complying with these laws use multiple methods.

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catapart13h ago

nevermind the apologist. his paycheck is paid by people that have capitulated to the same bullshit. and you know what they say about people learning lessons whom have a financial incentive not to.

pfraze13h ago

Indeed. There has been zero political opposition to these laws. Apple isn’t going to pay the fines on our behalf, so we need to get organizing if we don’t like this.

catapart13h ago

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