InnerworldMar 26

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure

https://lemmy.world/post/44753823

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44753763 [https://lemmy.world/post/44753763] > Apple Support [https://support.apple.com/en-gb/126788] page

Show threadmjr6d ago
And Apple don’t accept passports as ID, so complaints are rolling in from non-drivers without current credit cards, who tend to be younger and in big cities. Apple just took a big shot at their foot.
Show threadwewbull6d ago
No, they gave the government another reason for a mandatory government id scheme. Something deeply unpopular with a large part of the population, but that Starmer is devoted to.
Show threadThomasWilliams
The ID scheme doesn’t require user identification on a device, which would be superfluous.
Mar 27 at 5:13amWeb