He thinks a cross-distro API standard can be a practical solution to tackle age verification.
    • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I already got BSD on a spare laptop. Granted it was freeBSD and I think I might switch to OpenBSD since the latter’s foundation is Canadian and not US based.

      But yeah if they go through with this I will be uninstalling it off my gaming machine and switching to Arch 100%. I really appreciated that line about it “not being April fools” when it was introduced in their github thread.

  • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    4 hours ago

    Oh wait, there aren’t people chiming in to call me and others a fucking idiot and a stupid man child and all the other talking points for suggesting that the systemd merge was going to escalate?

    Fascinating. I wonder where they all went. Maybe they’re on the BSD forums now, but somehow I doubt it.

    • Samskara@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      6 hours ago

      Not if age verification is done by a digital signature from the smart card in your government issued ID.

      • cobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        4 hours ago

        sudo rm /bin/evil-age-verification-binary

        Or if it’s done through systemd: git clone, remove the offending code, and compile.

    • finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      I didn’t see it until you pointed it out. Imo looks unintentional, just an unfortunate result of the circuit traces being arranged as they are.

      • Gonzako@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 hours ago

        Yeah, tbh a swastica is an amazing symbol, such a shame nazis made it their emblem.

  • ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chatEnglish
    71·
    10 hours ago

    What problem does this even solve? On Linux, what app would even be asking how old you are? Web browsers for sure, and maybe electron apps like Discord? But what else is there?

    I’m on Bazzite (based on Fedora). I’m comfy with it, moving distros is a significant effort, so I’m very unlikely to ever jump ship. If I have to make a workflow that mirrors the official Bazzite images and neuters this age check, so be it. Not that complicated.

    But I’m willing to bet the community will step up and maintain browsers/apps that don’t have these age checks in the first place. Firefox has many forks that definitely won’t, and Vesktop will probably stub this out when it inevitably comes to Discord. If there’s nothing to ask for age verification, it doesn’t matter what the OS can do.

    I really don’t see a need to burn a distro I’m comfortable with, even if the upstream maintainers are a little dumb. There a ton of ways to bend a Linux distro to your will without throwing your hands up.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      32·
      3 hours ago

      What problem does this even solve? On Linux, what app would even be asking how old you are? Web browsers for sure, and maybe electron apps like Discord? But what else is there?

      I’m on Bazzite (based on Fedora). I’m comfy

      well, the app catalog, steam, certain games, …

      tbh parental controls would be useful to have. you can’t be watching every minute if they are doing something inappropriate. usage time limits are also useful.

      why are people so much against tools? we are so afraid of the slippery slope that we don’t even consider to accept legitimately useful optional tools

      can we acknowledge that what happens on the internet today is harmful to children? now, you either properly set up limits for them, or cut their access, if you want any good.

  • Peter1986C@piefed.europe.pubEnglish
    303·
    13 hours ago

    I have a feeling that a lot of those who replied have not really read the article, that contains some nuances. I do not like the idea of age verification, but the project leader’s proposal is apparently not even official (and more like a hypothetical in a discussion thread on their forums.

    Please read more than headlines, lol.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    12 hours ago

    Because they are corporate-backed I can understand why Fedora would need to think about this, but I would never use them again. The surveillance state will stay the fuck out of my devices. The discussion also seems to be centered on GNOME?

    • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      Because media propaganda makes it seem as if the majority have certain views. People don’t like to be on the outside so if the media can trick people into conforming then they will try that.