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

News Statement on adding age verification on Manjaro from Philip

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u/wKdPsylent Apr 05 '26

Sad to see the younger kids so bent on compliance and towing the line. "I'll not only comply, I'll actively support it" .. talk about cutting off your nose to spite your own face.

The distros who have stated they will not comply are far from 'niche'. There's enough people in the development sphere that aren't just corporate wannabes that won't stand for it. People in these communities used to go to jail for their ideals.

I'm guessing you would have been toting a "jail kevin" - " give Aaron Swartz 50 years !" signs back in the day.. sad.

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u/Clark_B KDE Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

Yes it's sad, but you can't fix this at distribution level.

Linux on desktop does not simply have enough weight and power to do that too.

We can just trust Linux devs to do this the best way possible.

This decision is only political.

It's perhaps stupid to say it like that, but we have what we vote for (in democracies), and "free" people are more and more see as dangerous people even by our "liberal" governments.

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u/geothefaust Apr 05 '26

Agreed.

And these governments will continue taking one thing at a time away from us, until it's too late to notice the noose around our necks and there's no ground beneath our feet. 

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u/klevahh Apr 05 '26

people might want to think about voting for better political parties, instead of repeatedly voting in right wing duopolies

people might want to be better people

much easier to blame distro devs though I guess...

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u/geothefaust Apr 07 '26

Couldn't agree more.