(Not sure if this is worldwide or only in some countries)

Updating to iOS 26.4DB2 will put your phone into a parental-restricted mode with adult websites blocked on all browsers, warning prompts every time you try to send or receive an explicit image on a messaging app, and all social media apps blocked on the App Store (in Australia)

The settings to disable this mode are locked off until you verify your age either with a credit card, photo ID, or though information Apple already has (like the age of your account).

I’ve been an apple user my entire adult life but this might finally be the thing that forces me off the platform. Do any other long term apple users have some tips about migrating? I’ve heard Ashai Linux is pretty good on mac hardware these days and I’ve been thinking about GrapheneOS for a while.

      • quips@slrpnk.net
        3·
        51 minutes ago

        I suggest simply never complying. Anyone who does is a traitor. This is FOSS, they have no control over us, ZERO power to enforce compliance.

  • ozzy@olio.cafeEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    They should just be done with it and implant an id chip at birth
    Data freely available to our capitalistic gods and politicians

  • awaysaway@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    2 hours ago

    Could someone share a non alarmist take here? I have seen posts elsewhere that apple’s “using information we already have to assign you an age-range” is better than other more invasive methods.

    I (regrettably) acquiesced when prompted to use this method in order to access health insurance app. Am I cooked? permanent all powerful spyware time?

  • 64bithero@lemmy.world
    117·
    7 hours ago

    I find it odd to protect children they will stalk the hell out of us but won’t arrest known pedophiles …

    I hate the world

      • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        5 hours ago

        Exactly. Governments around the world, including the U.S., of course, have made it crystal clear through their actions that they don’t give a fuck about protecting children.

    • Sims@lemmy.ml
      34·
      7 hours ago

      Better to just hate the whole Epstein Class. They trash the world for everyone else…

      • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        5 hours ago

        We’ve had a name for them for the last 200 years: the capitalist class, or to be more precise, the haute bourgeoisie. The 1% of the 1%.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      18·
      6 hours ago

      If everyone voting for these age requirements don’t also vote to require you to use an ID to unlock the safety on a gun or remove a knife from the knife rack, they aren’t voting on this to protect the children.

      Knives and guns need age verification before someone seeing Kate Upton showing her breasts.

      Im going side with none of it needs age verification, and all of it needs parental guidance

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      8·
      5 hours ago

      I mean some shit you find online is pretty grim but when I was a kid I knew the internet was for adults and didn’t expect everything to be catered to me. Now the status quo seems to be “every website must be kid/advertiser friendly and PG13 by default, everything else must be locked behind a verification prompt”. How did we get here?

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        We let 5 companies control the internet. Instead of being the distributed thing it was dreamed up to be we allowed it to consolidate.

        • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 hours ago

          And it’s not like servers have gotten harder to run! Pirates serve terabytes of data that’s straight-up illegal! Your fuckin’ commercial connection should be plenty for any damn thing you want.

  • 7112@lemmy.world
    74·
    7 hours ago

    This is insane. They have to view your images to deem of they are explicit…

    Basically a year away from a universal internet ID that will track all movements and can be restricted if your government doesn’t like you.

      • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        Do they though? As a side note, I read the documentation for the proposed system of scanning and it was actually really well designed for privacy. The problem was if they were forced to expand the scope to include other material such as, for example, proof of protest against a regime.

      • Fred@lemmy.world
        16·
        6 hours ago

        They probably do it for people like Donald and all his Epstein friends to save and pre order.

      • 7112@lemmy.world
        12·
        6 hours ago

        Has this expanded from iCloud uploads? It’s crazy how using a device now requires users to allow company full access yo everything.

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        They already are. Well depends on who they are I guess but someone is.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12·
      7 hours ago

      That was already happening, as the option to block sending and receiving of such content was able to be turned on in your screen time settings, and you could mandate it for your children by managing your kids accounts on the family organizers device. If someone is under the age of 13 they are required to be on a family share, and if you don’t have “Ask to Buy” enabled, from what I know you won’t get a refund for anything with the excuse my kid bought this without permission.

      Overall it all seems logical, but in those scenarios the ages and requirements are mostly all controlled by the parent.

      • 7112@lemmy.world
        9·
        6 hours ago

        Scary. I had no idea it went beyond the iCloud scans. I avoided the cloud after that celebrity image leak.

        Guess we might see a rise in offline or dumb devices. I wonder how this will affect other nations that already have restrictive internet access. If the US West becomes more locked down where would free and accessible info go?

  • Octagon9561@lemmy.ml
    10·
    5 hours ago

    If the West follows into the footsteps of the propaganda they are spreading against China, I’d rather go live in China because at least there people don’t live paycheck to paycheck despite working multiple jobs. Every accusation against China was a confession.

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    3 hours ago

    I wonder if this is why they’ve been so forceful in moving capable devices to iOS 26.

    Has anyone checked to see if this exists in iOS 18.7.7 or 18.8 betas?

  • shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml
    43·
    7 hours ago

    When I first decided to switch to Linux, I started exclusively using apps that were available on Linux. This way I was able to gradually transition my workflows one app at a time without any rush. When I was ready to install Linux, I did it on a new computer so I still had access to everything on the old computer and there was no risk of going computer-less if the installation went sideways.

    Also, keep in mind that Asahi only works on M1 and M2 Macs. (If you have an old Intel Mac, you can just run normal Linux without Asahi)

    Oh and Veronica Explains has a great video about her experience with Asahi.

    • freedickpics@lemmy.mlOP
      13·
      7 hours ago

      This might be a stupid question but when using ashai can you run any normal linux software or does it have to be specifically built for arm64/apple silicon?

      • snek_boi@lemmy.ml
        8·
        7 hours ago

        I hope someday any normal Linux software will be usable in Apple hardware. Unfortunately, there are hurdles.

        One of the biggest hurdles was getting code accepted into the Linux kernel.

        This became very frustrating for the previous Asahi Linux lead developer. He would push upstream code and the Linux developers would not accept it.

        Why didn’t they accept it? Because it was written in memory-safe Rust and not in memory-unsafe C. Old Linux developers don’t want to deal with Rust. So they just refuse to include Asahi Linux updates into normal Linux software.

  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    41·
    7 hours ago

    After commercial OS have age verification they will remove it from the programs because the age was already verified, right? (Padme asking Anakin)

    • Goldenring@lemmy.ca
      1·
      56 minutes ago

      I have a Macbook air now. Do you recommend me to buy a Lenovo thinkpad? Qubes os is the top pick, I heard.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      (but not necessarily the Ubuntu, Fedora, or Mint desktop).

      Rut. Thanks for ruining my day, sigh. That shit better be a patch away from removal / spoofing…

      • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I’m hoping the implementation is something like ‘check this box to confirm you’re over 18,’ and nothing more.