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How would they enforce that on an open-source platform?
By destroying all general-purpose computing available to consumers.
You mean, like...rounding up every computer and burning them?
I really don't know what you mean by this.
I mean DRMing and Tivoizing every new computer so that it can't be rooted or jailbroken and Linux won't run on it. Requiring a license from the state to have a compiler. You know, The Right to Read or Unauthorized Bread type shit.
Well...I dunno. I don't think you're crazy or anything, I'm sure there are some who absolutely do want to do that. But they've been trying to get rid of digital piracy for thirty years and haven't made any headway, so I'm dubious about how well that would work.
Only because, up to this point, we've been successful at pushing back against this tyranny. But make no mistake: that is the real goal of this "age verification" bullshit.
Maybe so, but there's no profit motive for tech companies to aid users with piracy. There is one to continue providing general computing to users. So if we were able to win in the former, the latter should be a cake walk.
Probably over time. Look at the RAM situation - the fear is this will be the norm. At best.
Right, people can just compile their own, which I will absolutely do if need be
Compile it on what tho?
Already running Linux, so Linux. And they're not going to be able to stop people sharing their compiled images