cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50169738
All about the safety of the kids¹ they said, All about the safety of users² they said, All about the safety of the citizens³ they said, All about the money, control & power⁴ they left unsaid.
¹ https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116959510981643276 ² https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer-verification/ ³ https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113301303081128298 ⁴ https://www.gadgetreview.com/reddit-user-uncovers-who-is-behind-metas-2b-lobbying-for-invasive-age-verification-tech https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116503944072899687
From what I’ve seen and heard of, this’ll be bound to privileged Google Mobile Services and to the Play Store (obviously). So GrapheneOS users are unaffected.
This is why we don’t have screen time section in the AOSP settings app.