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Comment by hirako2000 | original | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
[−]hirako2000 · 2026-08-30 Sun 16:04 UTC · link
Exactly like GDPR shouldn't have mandated millions of websites to pop up a consent form, as a global browser setting could would have set consent as a user preference.

But the objective of these regulations aren't what it says on the tin.

[−]inigyou · 2026-08-30 Sun 16:42 UTC · link
The objective is exactly what it says on the tin. The malicious compliance is someone else's objective.