Mastodawn

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @reddy_1975 for the heads up!

EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd

This reverts commit acb6624, reversing changes made to ba1caf0. Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" After extensive community discussion, legal review and c...

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gjerma 6d ago

@nixCraft @reddy_1975 I'm tired of this trend to pressure FOSS projects, how about we revert the laws. You're still a slave of the state, might as well stay as one if your only hope is to talk nonsense online.

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Magnus Ahltorp

@gjerma @nixCraft @reddy_1975 What laws? How about we don’t let the laws of North Korea or Iran decide what our operating systems should look like?

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gjerma 6d ago

@ahltorp @nixCraft @reddy_1975 as if those places matter when most of the tech industry is from US and Europe, it will simply snowball worldwide. I'm sure North Korea or Iran will be happy to torture anyone for trying to outsmart the system.

Mocking projects for considering laws is childish. Fight the root cause, not someone's work. Remember, major operating systems are complying. If it gets bad, applications will follow and require age verification on OS level. Stop ignoring laws, fight them