• stickyprimer@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Folks, this is coming from your government. The phone makers want nothing to do with it and are actively fighting it in court as best they can. Switching between phone makers will not help, and is not the right place to put your energy. Address your concerns to your governments.

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      2 hours ago

      Taking it up with our governments is fruitless as well. The days of governments actually giving a shit about what we want are over. Of you’re not flush with cash, your voice can and will be overridden at the drop of a hat.

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      3 hours ago

      The phone makers want your data just as much as the government does. Data is money and power.

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        2 hours ago

        They have other ways of determining your age without requiring an extremely unpopular ID check.

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          2 hours ago

          Some are accepting having a credit card in Wallet as proof of age, as well as simply having an old enough Apple account

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            39 minutes ago

            My Apple account is only like a decade old but if YouTube asks me for age verification I’m gonna be writing them a sternly worded letter because my account is old enough to buy alcohol in my country

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      4 hours ago

      The phone makers want nothing to do with it and are actively fighting it in court as best they can.

      Doubt. This way they have excuses to farm user data.

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        4 hours ago

        It was this coalition of big tech companies that blocked Texas SB2420 from going into effect on Jan 1 of this year.

        Believe me my dude if they wanted your birthdate they would have gotten it before. Or more likely they already have it without this.