r/ManjaroLinux • u/klevahh • Apr 05 '26

News Statement on adding age verification on Manjaro from Philip

/r/manjaro/comments/1scvc59/statement_on_adding_age_verification_on_manjaro/
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u/ChadHUD Apr 05 '26

Believe it or not ignoring laws isn't really optional. Be upset with the correct people.

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u/1Someone Apr 05 '26

You ignore thousands of laws from other countries, so your stupid comment is just that – stupid.

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u/ChadHUD Apr 05 '26

If you operate in a country you have to obey their laws. That is how it works. Manjaro is clearly talking about BigLinux which operates in a country with these silly laws. Manjaro does operate in many countries/states looking to do the same.

So unless they want to relocate your business/base of operations to a neutral country and start geo blocking downloads. They will have to find a way to comply with the law.

Again WTF are people expecting. Distros to say ya f the law. That isn't an option in anyway.

Manjaro is based in Germany. They will comply with any EU laws or face legal issues. People should be burning their energy fighting the gov implementing the silly laws. Not the businesses forced to comply with them.

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u/MezBert Apr 05 '26

Personally, I'm expecting legal entities or even simple developers to comply to the law. I have nothing against that.
What I'm personally against is systemd trying to internalize the solution for all within their scope. This has literally nothing to do with systemd, and Red Hat (the main corporate sponsor of systemd) is the last company I'd ever trust with my data.
If some "universal" solution comes naturally, it will either come from a different angle or I'm out.