• WraithGear@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      then if it could be left blank or not a verifiable date… it would not comply with the law making its existence…. worthless. unless it is to make it mandatory in the future

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        9 hours ago

        The law said the OS must have a method to enter an age at account creation and an API for applications to query it. The systemd PR satisfies that, so the SPI and anyone representing a distro that uses systemd is off the hook legally.

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          8 hours ago

          so the second step in enshitification then. seems to me nipping it in the bud seems the better play. best to just slap a “not in california” sticker on it and provide it the same as always.

          at this point i dont treat peoples invocation of the slippery slope fallacy as coherent or honest based on historical evidence