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Artix isn't going to comply with age-gating.
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this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2026
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In this case Artix already is a systemd-free distro, but this is part of why i think it's a bad idea that systemd is wanting to implement the age verification crap, cause i think the distro should be allowed to decide if they want to comply or not. Feels like distros that use systemd will be forced to comply unless they change init, which is probably a pain in of itself.
Btw, what does the desktop portal actually do? I've installed a lot of programs over the years, including flatpaks, and i never seemed to need it. I hope it stays that way considering they're implementing this shit too.
Systemd isn't implementing age verification.
They added the ability to store the data because the xdg-desktop-portal team added the ability to set an age and that requires a place to store the data. No component 'verifies' the age, it's a data field that you can enter whatever you'd like into.
From https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954 :
Sure, but they both seem way too eager for my taste to go along with this nonsense, and if you refuse to implement this, you don't need a place to store it either. I suppose it's nice for the distros that do want to use it.
Based on what? They have specifically addressed the issue and it does not read like they're eager to have this forced on them by state laws.
https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-on-age-verification
That's system76, not systemd. System76 is atleast trying to see what they can do (or rather can not do) and are in talks with legislators to see what this actually means for them (if it ends up meaning anything at all, apparently open sourse systems could be exempt from it). I've also seen discussions on nixos discourse to see what the best course of action is, and they are also not planning on just folding, but instead looking to bypass the issue. Meanwhile systemd already has the commits ready it seems, no questions asked.
Yeah oops, I'm just dumb.
Because it's a trivial addition that was requested by a large user of systemd.
I don't like these laws either, but they do exist. Go after the politicians who're making them. Don't go after the, volunteer, developers for not making a political stand on your behalf.
It's an optional field, unverified, unenforced and in the worst case, this is open source software so you can simply revert that PR and build it yourself without the extra field or if you feel super strongly about it you can fork the project.
Heaping ire on the development team is the part that I'm taking issue with.
When did i go after the developers? I never attacked them personally whatsoever, i just voiced a concern. At the end of the day they can do what they want with the project. I don't even use systemd nor xdg-desktop-portal myself, so this doesn't affect me (atleast not yet).
Sorry in that case, I'm juggling a few threads
Where do I install an Ageless-style patch to force flagrant non-compliance for systemd distros?