[pfraze]

How long till that’s illegal?

This situation is being treated like a bad business decision. It’s not. It’s a new set of laws. It’s bigger than just Apple.

[theandrewbailey]

That depends on if you live in a jurisdiction that lives or dies by free speech, and if it considers code speech[0]. Forcing you to implement age verification is effectively forcing you to speak things you don't want to say, which isn't free speech.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junger_v._Daley

[hedora]

It's not really bigger than Apple. They could just say "no", and the UK could just go offline until they fixed their laws.

[pfraze]

Pretty sure it’s California that’s got the OS law

[dgxyz]

You'd be surprised at how often I do illegal stuff.