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[–] 72 points 5 months ago* (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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!

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Did you read it?

    I’m talking about this part:

    that's just even more confusing for people picking between Linux distributions and desktop environments.

    Being exempt from building or using the system doesn't save Linux and open source from being locked out of the room by companies who then require it by law.

    Which seems to imply that they think open source projects should do it because they will face adoption issue. Which might be true, but really we need to stop these laws from happening in the first place. I will grant that the poster does not attribute foot nor bad to the situation.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    but really we need to stop these laws from happening in the first place. I will grant that the poster does not attribute foot nor bad to the situation.

    What I think everyone is trying to tell you is that nobody is disagreeing with this sentiment. These laws are bad, I doubt the poster of the article would disagree. What is trying to be said here is if these laws go into affect (which is bad), and they exempt Linux (which seems good), they will quite possibly condemn Linux to an even smaller niche of tech nerds than it already belongs to and that is bad for Linux being a desktop platform, and it may be better for Linux to comply for its survival as a desktop platform. That is all that's being said here, nobody is arguing the merits of the laws.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I think they are trying to say "Some people will use this" but it's more than likely the opposite "Linux should be forced not to have a exclusion. protect kids" blah blah blah, boot tastes good.

    because every argument for this, assumes it's not a push by meta to collect more data and train AI...

    In all honesty I hope all of this crashes and burns, like previous terrible ideas. punish the platforms, kids and parents. don't punish everyone else.

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