Post #2505476
2026-03-20 12:19 UTC
I know nobody asked for this - I live in the UK. Feels like we basically agree, but your solution is "why don't the countries making stupid-ass laws implement it in a way that doesn't bother me", which like yeah sure, but just isn't going to happen in any universe. Nobody will bother to fork stuff, countries will just continue to try overreach and make peoples' lives hell until they comply.
Region-blocking is the lowest-effort, but actually achievable response, that protects devs from legal attacks, while giving the offending regions a strong incentive to undo these laws. As soon as it starts hitting profits, the capitalist class will get it reversed, no question.
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@idriss@lemmy.ml 2026-03-21 10:19
Yep, I am suggesting to not try at all until they make it clear how am I going to comply? which will lead to "I am not gonna put any resources into this feel free to fork it and do that". We agree it's stupid-ass but we need to help them understand that. Like prepare a reply why I didn't put age verification into my custom Arch .iso from now rather than find solutions for them. They also have to block my website and torrents somehow, not me having to geo block other struggling souls like myself sitting somewhere else (I don't even put captcha in my websites, just a rate limiting value that a normal person would never be able to reach).