Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.
idk about Cali, but Colorado’s state government has a pretty good track record of doing reasonably sensible things and listening to constituents. I assume that if this law ever actually makes it to rollout, there will be a huge backlash, and they will get rid of it immediately. And if everyone switches to Linux to avoid the bullshit (doesn’t seem unlikely), then there will be a huge shitshow if they try to impose the rule on open source OS’s.
Yeah. I fear “Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children” applies to Linux children as well. And I mean if protecting minors is an important issue… why shouldn’t it be important for ALL children? Some day they’ll find out the exemption applies to any Android phone and rethink the approach.
Also… How’s that going to work out with software? Is every cross-platform app making substantial changes to the logic for the Linux users? How is later on supposed to grant access if the API is missing on Linux? Can the R18 game tell if you’re an adult if it’s not implemented? The platforms like Youtube if you’re legible to watch the content? I guess as long as other laws forcing the software developers to abide by other laws, this will just lead to banning adult content for Linux users altogether, because the standard interface to assure age is missing and they’re still forced to make an effort.
For now
idk about Cali, but Colorado’s state government has a pretty good track record of doing reasonably sensible things and listening to constituents. I assume that if this law ever actually makes it to rollout, there will be a huge backlash, and they will get rid of it immediately. And if everyone switches to Linux to avoid the bullshit (doesn’t seem unlikely), then there will be a huge shitshow if they try to impose the rule on open source OS’s.
Yeah. I fear “Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children” applies to Linux children as well. And I mean if protecting minors is an important issue… why shouldn’t it be important for ALL children? Some day they’ll find out the exemption applies to any Android phone and rethink the approach.
Also… How’s that going to work out with software? Is every cross-platform app making substantial changes to the logic for the Linux users? How is later on supposed to grant access if the API is missing on Linux? Can the R18 game tell if you’re an adult if it’s not implemented? The platforms like Youtube if you’re legible to watch the content? I guess as long as other laws forcing the software developers to abide by other laws, this will just lead to banning adult content for Linux users altogether, because the standard interface to assure age is missing and they’re still forced to make an effort.