Post #1436128
2026-03-22 14:43 UTC
@ammdias @iaruffell
He makes a lot of fair points that adding a birthdate to the systemd records doesn't mean it has to be filled out... until it does of course! What happens when the new law passes that not filling out your user records is a felony?
The prescription of "talk to your politicians" is the same liberal hogwash that got us here. Millions of people came out against the 2003 Iraq war in the US and it still happened. The lack of imagination about how to resist and limiting your actions to begging powerful people not to do bad things will be the death of us all.
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@unikitty@kolektiva.social 2026-03-22 14:45
@ammdias @iaruffell Anyway, I look forward to hoarding Ubuntu 24.04 USB install drives until the day that hardware stops supporting it. Sad to see the commons stop being free as in "free speech".
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@ammdias@masto.pt 2026-03-22 14:53
@unikitty @iaruffell Of course, the developers could *choose* to not implement that change and make software that could not be used legally, in the same way that users can *choose* to not fill that field and risk being brought to justice. But for the user to be able to make the choice, the developer must implement it 🙂