u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoApple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up1552arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoI do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoGoogle is not neutral, that doesn’t mean they invented the word or that the word itself is somehow inexplicably malicious.
minus-squarelIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI don’t think they invented the word It’s naive to think Google doesn’t have a reason behind the popularization of a term that indicates to the user they’re not the one in ultimate control of their own personal device Keep getting upset over it though if that makes you happy
I do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral
Google is not neutral, that doesn’t mean they invented the word or that the word itself is somehow inexplicably malicious.
I don’t think they invented the word
It’s naive to think Google doesn’t have a reason behind the popularization of a term that indicates to the user they’re not the one in ultimate control of their own personal device
Keep getting upset over it though if that makes you happy