"Thank you for not forcing me to participate in your getting-kicked-in-the-balls program... But perhaps just don't?"

The fun part of open source is that someone smarter than me will inevitably just update the existing spoofing tools to include whatever checks those platforms are using.

Why are you waiting for this? This is already the reality; example: fansly uses the ID verification service ondato, which only works on chrome browsers and tries to detect "tampered camera feeds", ofc it doesn't work on Linux.

Not exactly. They can always take this one step further and make it more difficult to use anything but closed OSs for fundamental applications, like banking. It could come via an ID requirement where authentication goes through some complicated process with proprietary hardware and drivers. That could also come in phases, such as mandating all desktop/laptop distributors require it prior to distribution. Then the tech giants can market it like, “never require a password again, if you have…” effectively marketing back the convenience they helped take. Sooner or later, it’s a piece of shit system that banks and jobs rely on, everybody ends up accepting it while complaining that it makes a terrible password for obvious reasons (ref: your Social Security card).

Its unenforcoble in the first placr

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There may have also been some big money lobbyists from companies like Google, Amazon, etc, that pointed out how much money it would have cost their poor shareholders to implement.

Because it's difficult, confusing, or sometimes both. I'm not from CO so I can't speak to whether or not that part is confusing or not (though I'd not be surprised if the average citizen wasn't even aware this was an option for them.) The hard part would be that you have to collect signatures which eats up time.

Which isn't to say you shouldn't do it. I think it's a great idea!

We were distracted by fucking Jared Polis' new fling. I wasnt, I contacted my rep in Lakewood about it. Who then voted for it anyways. Fucking suburbs nothing ever changes

The bill passed and was signed. The next option is legal battles.

A future Linux install prompt: "Which state do you live?"

Everyone: Why, "California", of course. Glad you asked.

There's no way to enforce age verification, like on websites or closed software, in even normal circumstances, but if it's open source or offline how could you even begin to attempt it? It's so silly.

IBM has a Linux distro, Linux is not going anywhere

People often give into FUD extremely easily for some reason.