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0 pointssaltcured9d ago0 comments

Everything else aside, this naive belief system is right up there with "10 Myths every programmer should know about X" where X is email addresses, legal names, postal addresses, dates, timestamps, etc.

Or perhaps they are envisioning a "hardware acquisition" process where the purchaser is forced to take some oath and sign an attestation about all future users of the device...

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systima9d ago

I don’t think it’s that.

I think it’s more about setting a norm and precedent that “Age verification is not our responsibility; the App Store layer does that and it’s an established truth now”.

Which itself conveniently helps as a defence in lawsuits when a teenager kills themselves over harmful content etc.

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0 pointssaltcured9d ago0 comments

Or perhaps they are envisioning a "hardware acquisition" process where the purchaser is forced to take some oath and sign an attestation about all future users of the device...

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systima9d ago

I don’t think it’s that.

I think it’s more about setting a norm and precedent that “Age verification is not our responsibility; the App Store layer does that and it’s an established truth now”.

Which itself conveniently helps as a defence in lawsuits when a teenager kills themselves over harmful content etc.

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