PoopOS is garbage. any distro that defaults to wayland is guaranteed trash
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Should this method of age attestation become the standard, apps and websites will not assume liability when a signal is not provided and assume the lowest age bracket. Any Linux distribution that does not provide an age bracket signal will result in a nerfed internet for their users
Fuck just as I commented yesterday about this BS entering Linux kernel, it can become new reality
Oh my God it's gonna happen. Teenagers are gonna start learning to install hacked Linux distros that lie about their age for access to porn. This might actually be the biggest boon for tech literacy ever.
This article was so well-written that I was briefly surprised to encounter the term "nerfed" in the middle. I guess it's common parlance in tech circles at this point.
These days a computer is pretty much another lobe of your brain. What happens when we actually have computers embedded inside of us? Are they going to restrict access to our own cognition?
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There's an episode of Black Mirror about exactly that and it was hella depressing. I think it starred Chris O'Dowd and Mya Rudolph, who are both usually really funny actors, but it was the opposite of funny.
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S7 E1 "Common People". I had to stop watching towards the end because I nearly threw up.
These days a computer is pretty much another lobe of your brain.
That's bad, you know that's bad right?
It can be bad, but it doesn't have to be. It's not bad if you're just using it as a tool and understand that it's not your only tool. Heavy equipment operators use their machines like extensions of their body. It doesn't mean it's bad or that they forget how to use their arms and legs or that they don't still exercise their arms and legs sometimes. Use tools when it's appropriate to and don't when it isn't, and always make sure you can use a variety of different tools including the ones you were born with and you'll be fine.
I know where you're coming from. I'd say it's algorithm driven and platform centric consumption that's bad. If things were more open, it'd be easier to use things like RSS readers to control your influences. The laws should be enforcing open standards, not closing things down.
The laws should be enforcing open standards, not closing things down.
The CA law does push for open standards.
Specifically a standard way for app stores to get the age range of users, the alternatives are:
- Bury heads in sand and let companies target kids
- UK/AUS style bans.
Realistically I think talking about RSS readers as a way to stop kids getting hooked on loot boxes is burying your head in the sand though.
It's an open standard that could lead to tighter controls on devices in the future. That's an extremely slippery slope. Wouldn't it make more sense to require age verification for social media platforms and outlaw online gambling? Why deanonymize the devices themselves? I suspect it has nothing to do with protecting children.
If I had to speculate, I think the people in power are scared of how much on-device AI could empower the masses and they're laying the groundwork to curtail it right now.
im going to lead a rebellion if they enforced bci
Very insightful and well written! These Age verification laws are going to far and were never about the kids to being with.
After reading that it sure seems like they said a lot just to say that in the end they’ll probably end up complying.
Thank you for distilling that.
They outline the issues from their perspective.
What else should they do? Break their own licence model (which prohibits (geographic) discrimination) or break the law? It's either one of those two or comply.
then break the law
that’s a solution if you’re a hobbyist living in Kazakhstan, not if you’re a business operating in the USA (with multiple people and their families depending on you not screwing up)
Ok, then just start region blocking places with these laws. If the OS connects to the internet and sees it's in a banned region it locks itself down irreparably or deletes the network drivers and permanently blocks reinstallation. Region block all said regions from even downloading the install files. Put a legally valid entry in the EULA saying that use in those regions is absolutely prohibited without exception and any use by anyone is without the company's permission and all responsibility for that is on the user.
That's an utterly ignorant statement.
To expect others, often volunteer, to take such a personal risk because the legislation in one part of the world is utterly fucked. How about expecting the people who actually live in the country and state and have a chance to influence those laws to step up their game instead of trying to tell third parties to take individual and personal consequence.
That's a lot of fancy words to say they're bending the knee
A relatively small company can't afford to fight a protracted legal battle or simply ignore the law. They have employees with families, and $800/hr for legal representation adds up fast, not to mention potentially getting hit with $6500 fines per infraction for refusal to comply. They also can't afford to just not sell in California, which has a huge chunk of the US population.
We don't have to be happy about the state of things, but it's not their fault that capitalism and authoritarianism have effectively forced them to comply.
Be upset by all means, but remember to focus your anger upon those who actually put/is putting these laws in place.
Nah, I actively choose to be mad at people who comply with this shit.
The politicians and oligarchs are always going to be shit no matter what. That's a fundamental law of the universe. Everyone else has a choice.