Bluesky has implemented age verification measures in response to regional laws that restrict access, prompting users to verify their age through Epic Games' Kids Web Services before they can access adult content.
This sucks, but thankfully there are ways to work around it.
Before diving in: I encourage you to read this entire document, including the
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If you want to change things on the root drive of a Mac you will need to take some steps to disable the built in security of the system. Most of these steps are the same regardless if you are on Intel or Apple Silicon. If there is a difference it is noted.
Note that all of these things put a Mac into an unsupported and less secure state.
Make sure you either perform these steps in a VM or that you reset the protections after you are done poking around
(This list is not exahustive on the details of each. Check the links at the end for more info.)
