Couldn't the Linux system just run a service that provides an API that reports whatever age you wish?

Sorry if this is not how it works, not my area of expertise - but seems possible to me.

In fact what's stopping anybody replacing the API in any OS with their own that overrides it?

Or simply sell it in bulk to a subsiduary outside the EU where there is no restriction, ship it and let them destroy it. Shipping it there will add a greater environmental impact than just destroying it at the back of the store.

So the EU quietly rewrote the rulebook so it can pour nearly a trillion dollars into defence without admitting it’s abandoning its own ethical framework?

Did I get that right?

No doubt patrolling social media for hurty words.

The command was issued at the end of it's life back in the 70's.

"did us few favours" is an akward way of saying 'no favours'

The article is very poorly written, but that is normal for the BBC.

Elon musk!

They all seem intent on tracking our every move. What's good the goose is good for the gander.

And yet they didn't.

Like many company leaders, Musk provides vision.

Skroderiders?

Sounds like a great idea.
With the best of intentions.
What could possibly go wrong?

Our very own OnOff.

And why would anyone outside the UK give a fuck about that.

Will just limit innovation in the UK.

HMRC sends me a bill every year!

I'm glad I'm not the only one to see the real reason behind this.

No. I just disliked it because of the hideous UI. The rest of the game was fine. apart from the tedious walking across planets. Never even noticed the gender of the characters.