EVHasteMar 6

As age-verification bullshit becomes more common, I am determined to simply not participate in any service or video game that requires it. The day I see the prompt, is the day I leave.

Maybe the government’s hope is that I stop participating in society, but I assure you that I will not. I’ll find or build alternatives, and refuse to comply with bad law.

I hope you will, too.

And as a silver lining, maybe the weird internet we end up creating as a result will suck less than the current one.

Show threadEVHasteMar 6

It may be inadvisable to put this in writing, but I’m serious about this: if I am ever required to put up an age-gate, I intend to defy that law.

You’re going to have to break into my house and physically remove the server, when it comes down to it.

And it’s not that I doubt they can. I don’t have the same kind of resources that the state does. It’s more that I intend to make them do so publicly, in the sunlight.

I solemnly swear to be the biggest pain in the ass for fascists possible.

Show threadPickleGlitchMar 6
@Haste They won't have to break into your house, they'll just have your ISP block your access. Considering most people are using one of only a handful of megacorp ISPs in the US, I'm surprised they haven't already started to try and shut down critics at the ISP level.
Show threadEVHaste
@pickleglitch hm, I hadn’t thought of that. I’ll have to noodle on it.
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Show threadPickleGlitchMar 7
@Haste On a related note, many ISPs also prohibit using your home connection to host websites in their TOS. I know Verizon does. I don't think many of them enforce this, but they could decide to at any moment.
Show threadEVHasteMar 7
@pickleglitch if you can imagine it, I care even less about ToS agreements than I do the law