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Birthdate field under discussion also in Arch Linux
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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Found the corporationist bot.
We have been taking hits since, like, 1965 at the least. Surely by this point it should have been enough?
Everyone I don't agree with is a bot!
And what would refusing a field do?
What needs to be done is basically a revolt against current governments and capitalism, not nitpicking every privacy-invading law that comes, and then waiting patiently for the next one to come.
You'd rather put a big target on linux systems for stupid fucks to label it as "the big danger for our kids" which would just bring nothing good.
You want to stop taking hits, then stop waiting for them and then pretend that dodging is the only solution.
I'm doing my part on that, you are invited to also do yours. But also do realize that "a revolt against current governments and capitalism" is a class action, not something that we can do by ourselves like patching an OS to remove age verification is.
And big linux groups cannot remove age verification as easily as users can, as a big group is likely to be sued while an individual isn't as much.