The whole assumption in this article is that any age gated apps are worth sticking with for some wondrous reason.
No thanks.
It also lists drm issues and unsupported anticheat mechanisms as a supportive argument.
Whole thing is tone deaf.
Maybe that’s the point? Engagement farming? Not sure.
Either way, no thanks on any of those.
If services start just blocking Linux, that is really bad for Linux users and adoption rates. It does not matter what apps you personally think are worth sticking with. It will just make Linux worse for everyone.
The point of this article is clear: that these laws are a problem to Linux and everyone even if Linux is left out of the scope.
for us open source nerds, sure.
but telling people interested in linux but still using windows/macos that most things they use also works on linux, as we have done for the past decade, only to have the corporate internet be inaccessible to them if the, end up doing a blanket ban on non-age-verified/verifiable devices.
unless of course you truly are a foss puritan and expect people to throw away every proprietary bit when switching to linux, in that case, lovely weather to die on hills
This is a very black and white take.
You can be a pragmatic Linux user and want compatibility and all that, but still opposite this bullshit. Age verification is not the solution to child safety online. Parents and schools are, IMO. We have a collective responsibility.
It seems you did not read the article. I don’t see anyone being on the side of these age verification laws. What they are saying is that the laws are bad for Linux and it’s users even if Linux was left out of the laws’ scope.
I feel like I’m losing my mind. The internet isnt dying we are killing it with everything for a long time now I just seems like I’m not living in a reality. I read news articles, interact with the internet, apps, my phone. Whatever, and it’s all so bad, things are getting so bad,
This is crazy right? I’ve been working on de-goggling which in very close. But their search thing; who wants that? It sounds awful. Not to mention how it’s going to kill traffic to other sites. The AI nightmare? Seems like everything is getting vibe coded to hell. And I don’t trust it. I don’t trust it to work, I don’t trust it to be secure, I don’t trust updates to fix things. Now this censorship shit or being so heavily pushed, constantly, constantly, constantly, constantly pushing.
Here is some article that’s like “it’s good actually and open source is wrong”? Are there really people out there like this? I’m not talking your parents who use crapgpt for what’s the weather or whatever; but like people who know and want this?
Did you read it? I do not see this “is good actually and open source is wrong” anywhere, it seems you misunderstood something. Calm down and have a nice day!
The author is not in favor of DRM or age verification on linux. They are simply pointing out the implications of the proposed exemptions. The real problem is that these sort of invasions of privacy are being considered AT ALL. Nomatter how they are implemented, they will be horrible for everyone except big brother.
Age verification seems silly but if Linux doesn’t play along with compatibility, it’s doing to be locked out here in 3 years.
