Then I guess applications will just ask you to put your date like steam does instead of pulling the number you inputed from the system. Makes me wonder how many people were born on 1/1/1900 according to steam

You do not even need to patch it out. It is basically an extra entry in the user db (think: /etc/passwd). Just don't fill it in and you are done, just like your location and a ton of other stuff you can put there if you want to.

Nobody can read it outside your system either... it's a defined place when (not if -- not anymore) something wants to store that information. Better have a properly protected defined place ready than have 10 different programs request that info separately and store it all over the place.

I'm here wondering if it will be a good time to switch over to Devuan

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What's your distro of choice? Nearly every one has a systemd-less fork.

Not sure but because they follow the law?

I don't get it, am I stupid?