CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I can still access gambling sites. The whole thing is a sham.

Accidentally ended up updating. Not happy but can check a few things and report back.

It looks like apps still work, music all seems to play, streaming video apps are normal.

I can still watch Platoon on iPlayer.

I can still listen to music with explicit lyrics.

Signal and Whatsapp seem ok. Linkedin downloaded and ran, but I didn't login. Some websites are blocked but Virgin Media blocks some anyway. I guess I'll not be able to buy lingerie from ONE well-known high street brand on iOS... plenty of others work. This is brand manipulation.

... or until the definition of 'restricted' content changes.

Eventually though, I'll have to update for other reasons. The OSA should never have been implemented into law, and Apple should not have overreached into the UK like this. It's not their role to play, policiing the Internet. Who controls the block list? Who monitors this for abuses?

@FinchHaven @bitterseeds @AAKL as for the business decision, that greatly depends on what the business benefit of age verification is. It's flimsy.

@bitterseeds @FinchHaven @AAKL How long you have been in tech, and how far you are from Apple HQ has no bearing on how wrong you are on this matter, and Apple are interfering in UK politics. The sooner the UK & the EU can kill their dependencies on US tech the better.

@bitterseeds @AAKL This time it's not directly the UK Government, but Apple who have unilaterally taken action.

"Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, praised Apple for the decision, especially since it’s not required to implement age verification for the iOS or its App Store under the region’s Online Safety Act."

Apple didn't need to do this.

@AAKL fun times ahead, automated censorship and the end of the open web as we know it. Vague filters applied, thanks Apple.

Does anyone know exactly what features will I lose when I refuse to age-verify with Apple?

#ios #apple #ageverification