Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not.

DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’d say ‘good luck forcing this on PCs,’ but given handheld PCs would technically count as ‘mobile devices,’ doesn’t this mean desktops and laptops will get ensnared in this as collateral damage too? Like, are you going to have to show ID just to download an exe in Windows or run a sudo apt install (program) or equivalent command in Linux now? Assuming normal Windows and Linux aren’t banned and PCs aren’t restricted to only running Windows S so you have to use an app store on PCs in Texas like you do on Android or iOS devices?

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