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Apple's mandated device-level age verification, requiring IDs or credit cards across regions like the UK and Singapore, has launched a major privacy crisis. This implementation is viewed by many as a direct corporate advance toward mandatory digital identification systems.

Commenters are sharply divided. The overwhelming sentiment views this requirement as an unacceptable privacy overreach, with many citing that normalizing passport scans for basic access sets a dangerous precedent for total control. Conversely, some users suggest technical bypasses, like 'CodingCarpenter' proposing using existing Apple Pay credentials. High-profile arguments center on autonomy; 'peacefulpixel' bluntly stated that big tech only sees users as 'a walking bag of money.' Meanwhile, the hardware migration threat is real: 'Cherry' declared an immediate pivot to Linux options, like Sailfish or GrapheneOS.

The consensus is clear: the mandate for ID proof is widely rejected as an extreme surveillance threat. The fault lines run between users fearing total digital profiling and those already preparing to abandon Apple’s walled garden for open-source operating systems.