Andre Louis1d ago

Well this is the first time I think I’ve been genuinely bloody livid about an update because of iOS 26.4.

I don’t do credit cards, only debit, which is common enough in the UK, and none of the cards I input were enough to prove I’m over 18, despite the fact I purchased the damn phone, it’s tied to my Apple ID which has my birthdate, and since we don’t have ID cards and I don’t drive, my one method of verification (that being my passport) was not accepted.

As a result I cannot change some settings on the phone I spent my own money on….. What the actual hell is this utter fucking bullshit? Age verification laws strike again. Fan fucking tastic.

Show threadmirabilos
@FreakyFwoof what, iOS 26 enforces age check stuff even outside of the USA?
Mar 24 at 6:45pmWeb
Show threadpublius1d ago

@mirabilos @FreakyFwoof

Well, it's presumably in response to the recent UK legislation.

Show threadm0xEE1d ago
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AFAIK UK introduced a similar law about the same time or even earlier.
Show threadmirabilos1d ago
@m0xEE ah, so it does that based on the country then?
Show threadm0xEE18h ago
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I'm not certain how modern iOS operates — especially in this case, but I think it uses your AppStore country. Sometimes you can easily lift some restrictions by switching to a different one — sometimes that requires a credit card issued by a bank of that country. And sometimes you might end up with a slightly different set of restrictions.

In Russia you can easily lift some restrictions by switching to Belarusian AppStore — Apple is Kremlin's good boy and removes VPN clients from Russian AppStore, but they don't do that for Belarus. Most Russian companies are aware of people doing this, so they put their software in Belarussian AppStore too, otherwise it would be probplematic: you'd be able to install VPN software, but not apps people use to order groceries.