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by grapesodaaaaa 235 days ago
I’m not saying I agree with the rules, but we do have these categories requiring age verification now. They also seem to be arbitrarily applied.

I’m just advocating that violent texts like this should also be included rather than treated specially.
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Hizonner 235 days ago
Wait, F-Droid is doing/going to do age verification?

Guess I have to find another app store. To use and to donate to. Stupid wars over what's NSFW are ignorable, but knuckling under to the AV gestapo isn't.

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grapesodaaaaa 235 days ago
I’m not sure about f-droid specifically, but I know in the USA, 18+ content online is now required by law to have age verification in many states.
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Hizonner 235 days ago
Very few of those laws apply to services that only have "incidental" content, especially if they're small, and for those that actually do apply, the right answer is to refuse to serve the affected states.

They would definitely have to blacklist the UK as well. And other places if I remember right.

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