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Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S. (linuxiac.com)
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[โ€“] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The system D thing was optional and self reported and had no call home.

Dude got fucking death threats over it

You LITERALLY can't win.

[โ€“] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

The death threats were shitty, I agree. But they were at least partially fueled by the fact that we have lawmakers trying to make it illegal to use an operating system that doesn't ask for your age. If that systemd change was introduced in a different time, I doubt people would have even noticed or cared.

Not trying to excuse the death threats, because again, that's shitty, there's no reason to do that. I think it's important to understand the context and nuance around all that though.