It's depressing how few people in the free software space seem to be aware of and understand the implications of California's GunCAD lawsuit
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4It's just another tentacle of the ongoing push to ban general purpose computing for the masses
Oh, and Colorado is considering a bill to require operating systems to verify users' ages in a way that can't be tampered with
I give it until 2030 at the latest that we'll see a draft of a TLS specification with a client identity/age verification mechanism that makes it impossible to interact with the modern web without associating your legal ID with every request
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tbh i think its a function of the rot of society
being that too most subscribe to the gun control / child safety coolaid im not sure what can be done
le open source is already in a tight spot too because current maintainers are quick to just ban anyone they dont like and will take any type of corporate bribe (even if they think they arent). being that a lot of the talent has been filtered out because they dont match their political views or they did something off platform makes me concerned that oss has already died
tbh i think its a function of the rot of society
being that too most subscribe to the gun control / child safety coolaid im not sure what can be done
le open source is already in a tight spot too because current maintainers are quick to just ban anyone they dont like and will take any type of corporate bribe (even if they think they arent). being that a lot of the talent has been filtered out because they dont match their political views or they did something off platform makes me concerned that oss has already died
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