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cm2187 2 hours ago

Excellent. From now on all kids will become linux natives. The decade of the linux desktop is coming!

NooneAtAll3 5 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

so... we are back to a monopoly, but now government-enforced one

thelastgallon 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Linux phones, Linux gaming machines, Linux on Desktop and Laptops, Linux VR/AR, Linux watches, etc.

dgoldstein0 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Or more likely companies and people will just comply. It might give a little more fuel to open source from people who are ardently pro privacy that balk at an age signal bring implemented, but I don't think that's such a huge segment of users.

close04 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

And then the exception will evaporate overnight.

shuwix an hour ago | parent [-]

One gotta love politicians and their "solutions" and their longevity.

injidup an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

So I run my app in a linux container under windows and I'm exempt from age verification? Isn't android linux under the hood? I'm sure the law is not so easy to get around. How does it work?

1718627440 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I know it sounds like a joke again, but the GNU/Linux <-> Linux distinction is kinda important semantically.

dgoldstein0 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It sounds like since Android is a commercial repackaging of Linux it's in scope and Google gets to figure it out.