App Store users in Texas will now need to verify their age
In May 2025, the Texas App Store Accountability Act made it mandatory for companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of their Texas-based users. As the law is set to be enforced starting Thursday, Apple has outlined an update to its App Store rules.
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Yes very annoyed by this. Also just received the update from Google Play store themselves yesterday on it. It adds a lot of overhead and cost to app creators as well.
What's my age again? Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me.
The only way to avoided it is with sideloading apks, but Google now also limit android to sideloading apks
Everything according to plan huh?
Stand up and be counted so you can be monitored and censured