Foot in the door technique is a timeless way to get what you want. People seem oblivious to it.

I mean it makes total sense the minute you think about it at all.

• some middle managers year end goals include this unpalatable feature
• they release it
• public freaks out
• pr walks it back a bit
• that managers back at work the week after trying to get that feature in because they need to justify the work they just did on it for better compensation

It's the same with laws.

It's very hard to get the electorate united to oppose something but if they manage to unite and oppose a bill the lobbyists are back at work on Monday pushing it by a different name.

100% Microslop.

Are you implying that CA regulators do exactly what disgusting corporations do?!? I am shocked sir!

Technology makes everything cheaper, including changing minds.

At some points it was unfeasible to abuse consumers because they'd object. Now, if it's on a large enough scale and valuable enough, you can just pay to convince the majority of them that it's fine.

That reminds me. We are quickly approaching the date discord postponed age verification to.

also known as TESTING the waters, gauging public response. so they can adapt under a different scheme.

The principle that Bullshit, sprayed around often enough, becomes Air Freshener.

This isn't exactly it.

First or isn't a company or is the government. 2nd, that legislation is just plain dumb and open source systems like Linux, BSD can't comply with it, even if they wanted to.

The whole law should be repealed though. They use children as excuse, bit it is about surveillance.