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Systemd adds age verification (github.com)
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Not to mention that they locked the unpopular pull request from reactions.

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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That whatever happens the problem is always systemd. Chain of events:

  • voters vote for corrupt politician
  • big tech compaies bribe said politician to have shitty law
  • freedesktop requests systemd for backend to comply with said law
  • systemd just adds the field to the userdb

Who is to blame for all of this? Poettering who else...

[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

subjectively, all of the above.

Of course you're seeing complaints about systemd in a discussion about systemd's part in this.

If you | go and look | at the other | conversations about | the same law in a non-systemd | context you'll | see complaints there as well

It's like claiming no dry land exists when you're swimming in the sea (within sight of the beach).

[–] logging_strict@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Blame? The realm of source code is ours! It takes less time to undue the PR then we are taking bickering about it.