Joe Ressington1d ago
Just updated my iPad. It wanted me to take a photo of a credit card. I did not let it. It then told me I might not be able to access certain things. The future is fucking shit.
Show threadFeoh1d ago

@joeress That's BS. I never set up ApplePay on an iPad. It's a stupid default and they should REALLY tone down the language.

But, I mean, this is Apple, the only vaguely less rapacious walled garden that wants to own your life lock, stock and barrel.

Show threadMartin18h ago
@feoh @joeress Nothing to do with Apple this time, it's the British government. It's the same government that tried to forbid Apple to do stronger encryption for data on Apple accounts around a year ago.
Your comment to me is proof that haters are gonna hate no matter what, you didn't even bother to inform yourself before commenting.
Show threadF4GRX Sébastien17h ago
@mttn @feoh @joeress it's the british gov but it's apple that implemented it.
Show threadMartin17h ago
@f4grx @feoh @joeress
And what are they supposed to do exactly?
Laws aren't optional, they're not a suggestion, there are punishments for not following them.
The alternative is leaving the market entirely which is a little bit exaggerated here.
Show threadskaphle

@mttn @f4grx @feoh @joeress Apparently they haven't really tried. Big Tech gets away with almost anything and they spend fortunes to lobby governments. They just do that only on behalf of their bottom line, not on behalf of their users. They get every regulation against their monopolies and 30% rent stopped except for in court maybe, they get tax havens and subsidies and what not. And here they were helpless and couldn't have stopped age verification if they wanted to? I call bullshit.

Age verification comes to Big Tech because it doesn't hurt their bottom line as much as regulation that would work. That would require paid personpower for moderation, reliable takedowns, and crucially no forced algorithms based on engagement and ad-click revenue.

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