Enlighten me pls

Microsoft's own servers run Linux. An in-house build IIRC named Azure Linux.

"We're every datacenter in Canada e Mexico and we collectively and politely agreed it's a good move as well."

How people farm internet points is serious business

Where, pray tell? Out of curiosity I went there to check it out, and the "article" is just 3 paragraphs that just barely expand on the title. Maybe uBlock is triggering some invisible paywall there for me?

Holy shit you can click those?

Exactly. Today you can enter Jan 1 1800 and it will take it. That's not the problem.

The real problem is the precedence it sets. An asinine rule gets passed and companies adhere to it, meaning they are enforcers.

Tomorrow when laws require real verification, like ID scan then they've already agreed to be the gate keeper for said asinine laws. It's harder to back out at that point.

It's all surveillance and it should be stopped.

There is nothing that's "needed". Its an OS not some demonic construct. It should also be noted that teens will be impacted in it as well - all minors. All this age gating, discriminatory behaviour is eating us alive. Age verification should not exist at all.