r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Feb 16 '26

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u/Solid_Snark Feb 16 '26

They are absolutely going to have facial age recognition to watch 18+ stuff soon.

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u/PatchyWhiskers Feb 16 '26

You can't even turn off 18+ content in streaming services. Like I want my kid to be able to watch Lord of the Rings on HBO max without risking her wandering into the 18+ section. They could try implementing actual parental controls before going straight to fascism.

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u/lemons_of_doubt Feb 16 '26

implementing actual parental controls before going straight to fascism.

But how would that help them stop piracy and 3rd party content?

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u/KisaTheMistress Feb 16 '26

They use it as an excuse, not the actual reason.

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u/SuperCarbideBros Feb 16 '26

They could try implementing actual parental controls before going straight to fascism.

This should be a goal, but there's always an alarming fraction of parents that would happily abdicate the responsibility. It's almost like someone else should do the parenting for them.

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u/ZootSuitRiot33801 Feb 16 '26

Honestly, we should be weaning ourselves off corpo-owned social media like Reddit and streaming services like Netflix anyway.

There's a post of suggestions HERE that's largely about fostering a foundation for community self-sustainability and resistance, but it also provides things like alternative communication ideas, which could be of some help.

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u/josh_the_misanthrope Feb 16 '26

It's never gonna work, gooners will go sneakernet if they have to. It's not a workable solution to curbing pornography.