Comment on System76 on Age Verification Laws
Mechanism@lemmy.world 12 hours agoI know where you’re coming from. I’d say it’s algorithm driven and platform centric consumption that’s bad. If things were more open, it’d be easier to use things like RSS readers to control your influences. The laws should be enforcing open standards, not closing things down.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The CA law does push for open standards.
Specifically a standard way for app stores to get the age range of users, the alternatives are:
Realistically I think talking about RSS readers as a way to stop kids getting hooked on loot boxes is burying your head in the sand though.
Mechanism@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s an open standard that could lead to tighter controls on devices in the future. That’s an extremely slippery slope. Wouldn’t it make more sense to require age verification for social media platforms and outlaw online gambling? Why deanonymize the devices themselves? I suspect it has nothing to do with protecting children.
If I had to speculate, I think the people in power are scared of how much on-device AI could empower the masses and they’re laying the groundwork to curtail it right now.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You could say that about anything? Are you opposed to oauth/openid because it could lead to tighter controls in the future?
Have you read the law? It doesn’t deanonymize anything.
You say that like requiring Reddit to do actual age verification is better than your OS asking you to enter your age on your account.
I think we should ban online gambling, but that’s also an actual ban instead of the open standards that YOU were asking for.
Mechanism@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
If the social media platforms are the problem, then why control the devices and not the social media platforms? Makes no sense unless there’s an ulterior motive.