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Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Can I ask you why Google has deliberately chosen to ALWAYS use the term

For the same reason I ALWAYS use it: Because it's shorter than "installing apps from outside the Google Play Store".

How do you think this came to be?

I literally just told you that in the comment you replied to.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I do not agree with your reasoning, tempting as it may be to believe that Google is neutral