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Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age-verification bill and require parental consent for minors to download apps; the bill heads to the governor. (progresschamber.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Android with F-Droid and Aurora will still work, as will GNOME Software or any other Linux package managers.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

definitions

(5) "App store" means a publicly available website, software application, or electronic service that distributes apps from third-party developers to users.

requirements

(1) An app store provider shall: (a) at the time an individual who is located in the state creates an account with the app store provider: (i) request age information from the individual; and (ii) verify the individual's age using commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy;

I dont see how any anonymously accessible repository legally escapes the account and age verification requirement unless we assume that accounts are not required and therefore no check is possible.

the wording of the bill seems terrible - their definition of "mobile device" and "mobile operating system" are just plain stupid and could apply to your laptop running almost any OS.

it was just a quick parsing, but did I miss something in the bill that offers legal protection to non-commercial repositories?

edit: bill document

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I meant more that they wouldn't comply with the law, rather than it wouldn't apply to them.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

totally fair, however I think these laws.should be treated as though they might apply and pushed back on appropriately. things have been weird for a while and are getting weirder.