Linux in California is in deep trouble.
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This new "privacy" law will require that all operating system providers must start collecting your birth date every app you install will need to ask your OS provider for that information. It's whac...
  • OwlPaste@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Linux will not care, if some corporate distros sell out, no matter. Just spin up any other million distros which are not [redacted]. Or just gentoo it.

    • Blaster M@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Linux is like that spider swatting meme where the spider gets squished, and then it explodes into a million smaller spiders that run every direction.

  • Corngood@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Every app does not need to check your birth date. An app will be able to query if the user is within one of a few broad ranges of age (e.g. under 18), but an app only has to do that if it needs to comply with some other legislation.