cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65555474

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along...

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final edit: The PR has been merged into main.

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[–] 57 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Why does systemd need to verify age?

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

    Because Meta's lobbying to kill the free and open internet, and personal computing as a concept. Also, MS, Apple, and Google are probably lobbying to kill their competition before it gets too great.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I wonder if they have received directly some donations from that lobbying or signed some contract

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    And yet those laws are definitely going to go to court and haven’t been passed yet even, so why the eagerness to comply???

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    They have been passed and will be enforced in like 2 years. They may be challenged, but it's not a guarantee that a court would oppose it.

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