@prism @iaruffell

1. numbness
2. I never saw an accessibility mandate that makes it a crime to disregard, and that will result in strong prohibitions/blocks it like these age verifications laws make it. These are a much greater threat to not comply.

@DiogoConstantino @iaruffell

1: What does this mean, "numbness?" "Complying with the law is hrd so we decided not to?"

2: Then you aren't looking very hard. From the EAA:

Here’s a list of the key penalties that might affect your business:
• One-time administrative fines ranging from €5,000 to €250,000+ per violation, depending on the severity of the issue.
• Ongoing daily fines up to €1,000 per day until the issue is resolved.
• The suspension of market access for non-compliant products and services until the issue is resolved.

The ADA also has enforced civil penalties, as does, well, every other law to ever exist. This being the nature of laws.

3: as I pointed out before, some of these laws are decades old, yet all I hear from the FOSS community is a bunch of fingerpunting and no action. These age verification laws are very new, some of them being actively fought in court or not even fully signed into law, yet here we see an instinctive response to jump for Palantir like a trained seal.

@prism @iaruffell the numbness that I observe is not so much a decision regarding complying or not, but not making a conscious decision and not taking much action.

It's considerate of others to not drop acronyms they many not know. So to those who don't know, EAA is the European Accessibility Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Accessibility_Act).
Fines don't necessarily mean crime, there are more types of law violations, in Portugal it's not a crime but the law defines fines.

@prism @iaruffell Also the requirements according to the EAA are relatively few.

By the way, I'm not defending this situation, I'm trying to explain why I see this being treated differently.