Comment by kbelder
1 day ago
I disagree slightly. It may not be good business, but it could be good PR, situationally. I expect a lot of 2nd-tier distros will refuse to implement it, and see a boost in their installs as a result.
Debian, Ubuntu, etc., they'll all fall right in line because the clear and immediate losses will outweigh any PR issue.
When they fall in line and add the age bracket drop-down menu, we'll keep using them because throwing a hissy fit over a distribution allowing you to select your age bracket is very obviously stupid.
Stupid take.
The issue is obviously not with adults needing to click a drop-down.
Some of the main issues with this legislation are:
1) Makes it much easier for predators of all kinds to identify and target children on their computers
2) Impossible to implement (i.e., servers don't have a person)
3) The infrastructure this bill introduces will be used by the state and corporations to destroy our last vestiges of privacy and anonymity
The age bracket dropdown will not be used to destroy your last vestige of privacy and anonymity.