Apple bricking iPhones and iPads in the UK to protect kids

The minute my Linux distro of choice introduces age verification, we part company. There is no way – no way on Earth – that I will ever be undergoing any sort of age verification for the privilege of using something I own. Or, for the privilege of using a service, because there is no service or product on Earth that is worth me verifying my age for. Apple has begun asking iPhone users in the UK to prove their age. Until then, users are basically stuck with a child’s phone in their hands; a ve...