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davorakyesterday at 6:57 PM1 replyview on HN

Which seems like a silly accidental overreach of the law. If that is the way it applies.

The literal reading of the law says this only required when a child is the primary user of the device.

> (b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched.

but 'user' here is:

> (i) “User” means a child that is the primary user of the device.

So these rules should only apply to accounts/devices where a child is the primary user.

Grep on an adult's machine would not need to check how old you are, at least with a literal reading of the law.


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frshgtsyesterday at 7:27 PM

How else but the signal could it determine whether the user is an adult or not?

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