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Apple iOS now requires age verification to access websites it deems 18+. Not even using another browser like Firefox works, it's blocked at the OS level.
I was putting off switching to Graphene or e/os until prices improve, but looks like my hand is forced.
Edit: VPN doesn't even work because Apple knows your GPS location. I haven't tried location spoofing yet because that's a bit more annoying to setup.
What is apple’s endgame of unmasking everyone online? Better ad placement? Hardly seems worth it.
Or does apple really have interest in allowing governments around the world to track and identify people who view certain content or say certain things?
Like how does this benefit apple?
Better ad placement.
Apples ad department hasnt been a very good money maker, so Apple has been doing everything they can to just block competition on Apple devices to make sure that they could be the best ad company for Apple users. They block all they can from other companies but then track the hell out of you so they can serve ads to you that are more valuable to marketers.
They get away with it mostly by claiming they are protecting their users privacy, when its really to block competition. Its quite an eye opener when you read all of Apples privacy policies.
it benefits them because they get to continue having customers in dictatorships like china, the UK, australia and the EU.
they're bending over and pulling that fascist dick up their asses so they can keep operating in as many countries as possible.
Before you say it. I'll ask this...What do YOU call it when you get arrested for words that aren't threats?
Calling the EU a dictatorship is outstandingly uneducated. Like, stone age levels of primitively stupid.
No free speech, Forced age verification, chat control. They made it illegal to run your AC during a heatwave.
Do you really need more than that?
Freedom of expression is a EU law, age verification is stupid but isn't enacted, the current chat control version is stupid but doesn't force anything, and no it's not illegal to run an AC you dumbass
Only if they agree with what you have to say
China will be interesting with this ridiculous precedent Apple are self inflicting on themselves.
They already put censorship into every china-based apple device over 10 years ago
Wow by censorship do you mean Apple literally enforce the Great Firewall blocklist at device level? If so wild.
Permits to build factories, datacenters, other infrastructure. Better chances of striking deals. Being considered as a supplier when time comes to upgrade state phones and IT.
Lots of potential benefits of licking the boot.
It's to combat bots and AI scrapers. It's expensive tracking every bot and scraper out there. They created a problem. Now they want us to fix it for them so their money printer doesn't slow down.