Texas governor signs new law requiring Apple and Google to verify all app store users’ ages | CNN Business
www.cnn.comGoogle and Apple will soon be required to verify app store users’ ages in Texas, after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the rule into law on Tuesday.
Chalk another one up for Big Brother. I wonder if this will apply to/be enforced on FDroid and Obtainium?
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Obtainium no because it’s a github parser and I highly doubt they’ll implement it on the downloader.
F-Droid and other non-free anpp stores sure.
Accrescent may have to leave Texas, with all that privacy/security jaff.
That works until Google will lock down the APK installer for “unverified” apps