Linux Might Not Be Doomed, Except SteamOS

Great now steamos is going to become open source

Wait but isn’t steam os going to become open software soon with the steam machine

Age verification at the OS level is crazy levels of distopia. What will we have to prove next to be able to use the computer or access information?

Steam already checks your age, surprisingly many users are 126 years old - which goes against the gamer stereotype

Insane Temple OS reference

Yeah if Valve isn’t submitting to the UK and their stupid lawsuit, they’re definitely going open source for this

This bill needs to die It has NOTHING to deal with safety

Steamos is prob just gonna become open-source

Time to go back to AmigaOS

And the rise of Linux is continuing.

The whole law is fucking insane.

I do not live in either state. If I did, there is no way I would voluntarily submit data they did not need nor deserve.

Make SteamOS open.

Terry would be so thrilled

My guess is this isn't the lawmakers being sensible for good reasons its them realizing how unenforceable it would be on Linux which would end with them just not really enforcing it on Linux would lead them to getting sued or ignored by anyone else they tried to police it on

I think as soon as someone brought up that because of the way the law was written it would basically cause every single tech company to leave because all of their infrastructure would have to to be completely redesigned, they changed their minds real quick.

They can't enforce age verification on TempleOS or even a random old unsupported Linux Distro lol. It can all easily be bypassed and if you attempt to regulate the hardware and internet, we just make our own or modify it lol

Remember when it was the parents responsibility to control what their children have access to and what not? Pepridge farm remembers...

I forgot we were still on age verification. In my head it had blown over

So they'll just try the good old "just input your birthday and we'll let it slide"