Joe Ressington23h 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 threadFeoh23h 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 threadMartin14h 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 Sébastien13h ago
@mttn @feoh @joeress it's the british gov but it's apple that implemented it.
Show threadMartin13h 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 threadDidek7h ago

@mttn @f4grx @feoh @joeress

Apple created a device user have no administrator control over, not the goverment. Such laws are directly enabled by the top-down software control model developed by biggest companies.

Show threadMartin
@didek @f4grx @feoh @joeress
Completely unrelated because even free software is under the target of these age verifications, same in California.
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Show threadDidek4h ago

@mttn @f4grx @feoh @joeress

With free software you can remove any restriction developer was forced to add.

Show threadF4GRX Sébastien3h ago
@didek @mttn @feoh @joeress except it's baked in systemd and removing that will be a pain (doable yes, but rebuilding an old systemd from source will be a pain)