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Artix isn't going to comply with age-gating. (forum.artixlinux.org)
submitted 7 months ago* by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Per the very first reply on their thread discussing it in their forums, which I linked directly to for the post title:

We'll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user.

However, what's gonna happen should the attempts to age-gate the XDG portal screw over alt-init distros like Artix too? My guess is maybe they start blocking regions which force age gating like Arch Linux 32 is doing.

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[–] 11 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

In my mind, region-blocking is actually probably the best solution for this in every case.

Cut off every legitimate operation in these regions (including my own) from using your genuinely useful software. Software isn't compromised, saves on unnecessary work and law compliance. Then everyone with a VPN flourishes anyway. And then maybe it hurts profits so much that lawmakers actually decide to reverse course. Wins all around.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    No dude, nobody asked for this law, it was lobbied by Facebook / Meta and doesn't protect anyone, the compliance burden shouldn't fall on the devs (who happen to be volunteers most of the time), they made a law, they have to figure out how to apply it (like I said in my over down-voted comment: hire a group of devs to fork everything, add the restrictions then convince your citizens to switch so they are compliant)

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    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).

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