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Texas Governor Signs Off on App Store Law Against Tim Cook's Wishes
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Don’t forget the UK, France, Germany, and Australia because they have age verification laws in place as well. 🤣
While I fully Agree. Why would Apple do that when they can force you to have multiple devices in the house instead of just one?
Like everything , it's BUSINESS.
Because it works. Trump plays the media and people like a fiddle and no one seems to have caught on. No one is forcing you or anyone else to get "riled up".
Considering what tech is doing to most kid's well being along with tech-ignorant parents.....consider this a digital seat belt.
You are underestimating how many crummy parents there are out there or ones that have very little clue how tech works. Most peoples phones are just little glowing dopamine boxes used primarily for texting and social media. A digital slot machine. And they just deal them out like crack to their kids having no idea what it's going to do.
My post was in response to someone else suggesting that “getting people riled up” was a page from the left’s playbook. I’m not on the left, but you don’t have to be to see that that suggestion was absurd, because both sides do it. Trump’s lovely and heartwarming Memorial Day greeting demonstrates that.
I don't know all the implications that come with this bill, but I don't see an issue. The internet is a crazy place and parents should be responsible to govern what their kids see and have access to which I think applies to applications, especially apps that are using social media. Of course kids will find a way around or they will have parents who just don't care and either give the password or just install whatever they want. I play GTA V online every now and then on PC and it is crazy when you hear these little kids talking away on voice with adults. The language alone that comes out and toxicity from players is crazy and then going into he game itself with strip club and prostitutes, it is certainly not age appropriate for children, but parents like the easy babysitter despite it being bad for the kids.
Texas is a great state that unfortunately hasn’t been well served by its state government in quite some time. I’m not an expert on this measure so I’m open to being corrected, but it *seems* like overreach since Apple has already implemented robust parental controls. Apple’s method lets parents restrict any or all apps on their children’s’ devices via a method designed to avoid privacy concerns. The Texas measure would *seem* to force Apple to rework their method for no clear benefit, and in a manner less conducive to protecting privacy.
what tech is doing to most kid's well being is called unfettered capitalism, which Republicans are also to blame for with their deregulation. But ironically they only want deregulation as long as they can make money off these kids
All that object to this will simply set the device up as over 18 and control anything unwanted with parental controls. I have two kids and am a mobile engineer myself... they know so many ways to get around any restriction. This is just smoke and mirrors for votes and to please non-tech savvy
I was explaining taxes to my 11 yo. She was like "why don't they just tax everyone the same?"
Crazy concept. Even an 11-yo gets it.
So freaking dumb.