Mastodawn

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.

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Georgiana Brummell 1d ago

@FreakyFwoof I can certainly understand that. This is utterly ridiculous. I'm in America, so I have no idea if this will affect me, but I am on 26.2, and I stopped automatic updates, until things are properly resolved. No one should have to go through this.

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Killa Koala

@dandylover1 It won't affect you, yet. It's all about the UK Online Safety act, so a UK-only problem at the moment. But age-verification laws are spreading like Covid all over the world atm, so you're sure to encounter something like it pretty soon, but probably at the state level (see what CA passed re OSs gathering age info last year for example, and Colorado are about to pass something similar I believe ).