Mastodawn

Its extremely difficult for migrants to get UK credit cards. It took me 11 years to get citizenship and in that time I just got used to not having one.

Economic discrimination against migrants via the credit system also has serious implications for housing. Being married gives me a work around. Everything is in my spouse's name. She now has a brilliant credit history and I continue to have none, like a gender swapped 1970s.

Anyway its cool you've never heard of this, when this kind of thing keeps showing up in political party platforms. Like, it really puts my experience in perspective.

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Tom Walker 1d ago

@celesteh @omgubuntu Yeah, that sucks. Actually I have had quite a similar experience living abroad without being able to get the ID that every authority expects you to have...

In case I was misunderstood here, I am obviously not a supporter of ID verification requirements to use your phone, I just think the number of people who wouldn't be able to meet any of them (credit cards is just one option) is being over-hyped.

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omg! ubuntu 1d ago

@tomw @celesteh It's not "over-hyped" on my part. It's a sudden overnight reality.

My PSA is just to let others who, like myself, *only* have a passport for ID, know if their iOS device updates they'll be subject to web filtering in all browsers, restricted in the apps they can open/use and be unable to stream shows with naughty words in.

It may impact work or social life.

—for now.

I'm sure Apple will add additional verification methods in the UK. Until they do, 'forewarned' and all that…