Comment on MegaThread: Under 16 lockout/verification/ID required
themaninblack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is a stupid law that won’t work of course. Only the most delusional of parents with control issues support this.
However. This also might be unintentionally the most important antitrust legislation in a generation. For that, I am grateful.
SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Please explain the antitrust part?
themaninblack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kids under 16 are likely to explore alternatives and get vendor-locked to them instead of Meta et Al. products.
Not that vendor lock in is good but maybe this will create more awareness that the web is bigger than a handful of websites.
My 90’s heart wishes for a return to the old web, where there was much more decentralisation