Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFederal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.linuxiac.comexternal-linkmessage-square257linkfedilinkarrow-up1818arrow-down112
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-linkFederal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.linuxiac.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square257linkfedilink
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoNot gonna matter, especially if Linux, BSD, and other alternatives are criminalized by this.
minus-squareBlackPenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoThey can’t do anything about Linux. Someone will just fork a copy that doesn’t have that.
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoIf they can ban hardware they don’t like, they can ban software they don’t like too, they could just make Linux illegal to operate.
minus-squareBlackPenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoIllegal won’t stop me. Pirating is also illegal. And that ban is working out soo well.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours ago“Linux ISOs” would stop being the obvious legal use of p2p!
minus-squareMalMen@masto.ptlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours ago@DFX4509B @BlackPenguins say that to PGP
minus-squaremotruck@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoHeh. They’ll have enough trouble validating it on Windows and Mac for them to not even care about Linux. If rey force Linux to do this it really is the year the Linux desktop.
Not gonna matter, especially if Linux, BSD, and other alternatives are criminalized by this.
They can’t do anything about Linux. Someone will just fork a copy that doesn’t have that.
If they can ban hardware they don’t like, they can ban software they don’t like too, they could just make Linux illegal to operate.
Illegal won’t stop me. Pirating is also illegal. And that ban is working out soo well.
“Linux ISOs” would stop being the obvious legal use of p2p!
@DFX4509B @BlackPenguins say that to PGP
Heh. They’ll have enough trouble validating it on Windows and Mac for them to not even care about Linux. If rey force Linux to do this it really is the year the Linux desktop.