It leaves out the steps where all the users’ data is sold to data brokers and leaked to criminals.

How about we all just use VPNs and go through whatever country still hasnt enacted age verification?

Please, I thought this was a closed-casket funeral.

I plan on being a stubborn ass about mandatory apps until the day I die. I currently use a phone which cannot under any circumstances download or use apps… They recently rolled out app-based 2-factor authentication for some systems at work (Authenticator, etc.)… I immediately sent a request to IT for some other kind of 2FA, like a SMS-based system, physical passkey, etc. It’s been 3 weeks and I have yet to hear back, I assume they just have no goddamn idea what to do and can’t imagine why someone would want to go without the precious apps. I’ll just continue to be locked out of these systems and unable to do my full job until they can do something for me, it’s not my problem lol. My boss is on board and I still have MORE than enough work in non-app-locked systems (mainly that scary thing called real life) to keep me busy until at least the next century, so I’m in no danger of losing my job.