How long till that’s illegal?

This situation is being treated like a bad business decision. It’s not. It’s a new set of laws. It’s bigger than just Apple.

That depends on if you live in a jurisdiction that lives or dies by free speech, and if it considers code speech[0]. Forcing you to implement age verification is effectively forcing you to speak things you don't want to say, which isn't free speech.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junger_v._Daley

It's not really bigger than Apple. They could just say "no", and the UK could just go offline until they fixed their laws.

Pretty sure it’s California that’s got the OS law

You'd be surprised at how often I do illegal stuff.