Governments now want app stores to check your age too.

[namename11]

https://proton.me/blog/app-store-accountability-act

The criminals are going to be so pissed. /s

I wonder how this will be implemented for open source software providers like yum, dnf, etc....I don't personally see it working for those but maybe the 96 year old lawmakers have their ways of making it work.

 

[Jayro]

I only see good things coming from this. Kids can't make unauthorized purchases anymore.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I remember I used to read "Don't give strangers your personal information on the internet" and years later... Here we are.

I only see good things coming from this. Kids can't make unauthorized purchases anymore.

Ah, yes the child. We have to think of the children and how to protect them!

...

You know parents can set locks so unauthorized purchases can't happen

 

[MeowthBlep]

I only see good things coming from this. Kids can't make unauthorized purchases anymore.

no more yakuza for me :<

 

[Bladexdsl]

up next: you'll need an ID to use a candy bar vending machine. no chocolate is bad for kids must keep it away from them!

 

[The Catboy]

I only see good things coming from this. Kids can't make unauthorized purchases anymore.

Hear me out: how about parents actually parent?

 

[Exnor]

Hear me out: how about parents actually parent?

This!!

Parents should be responsible for controlling what their young children do.

 

[Jayro]

Hear me out: how about parents actually parent?

It's 2026, we both know that ain't happening, sadly.

 

[Viri]

I only see good things coming from this. Kids can't make unauthorized purchases anymore.

Hear me out: how about parents actually parent?

Funny that I just read this. My nieces and nephews steal each others gift cards, and max them out at least a few times a week. They fight each other over it. My sister's man is loaded, as he's a doctor, so he just replaces it. But it's funny to read this, and hear them yelling at each other over it.

 

[The Catboy]

It's 2026, we both know that ain't happening, sadly.

Then they get what they fucking deserve

 

[Marc_LFD]

The govt nor companies should try to parent customers/citizens, you're asking for trouble going down that route.

 

[Kioku]

Remember kids, this all started with porn...

 

[namename11]

Then they get what they fucking deserve

FAFO making a comeback.

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This!!

Parents should be responsible for controlling what their young children do.

But iPad sales would drop if they did and Apple stock with it. Who do you think is going to bribe pay the poor lawmakers then?

 

[Bladexdsl]

This!!

Parents should be responsible for controlling what their young children do.

or even better don't give your damn kids phones and fucking ipads! every time i see this in public i think to myself i wonder how much lower the average school grades are going to be this year?!