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7/25/2025, 2:49:12 AM
California age verification bill gets worse. Amended yesterday.
https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/2025
Notably:
(b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular user from a covered manufacturer when that user requests to download an application.
And in this case, "developer" is distinct from "store" or "covered manufacturer". So it's like they're saying every developer has to do an age check before downloading....anything? But the developer is the one who made the software. How are they going to do a check at download time from the store? What would this even mean for something like installing vim. The vim team has to somehow do a check before apt gives you the package? There's nothing in here indicating there's a way around it, or tying it specifically to adult stuff. It seems to be universal. It's also bizarre because they don't seem to say the developer has to do anything with it. But they have to ask.
This ends up being way WAY more damaging than even the retarded UK stuff that's happening.
https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/2025
Notably:
(b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular user from a covered manufacturer when that user requests to download an application.
And in this case, "developer" is distinct from "store" or "covered manufacturer". So it's like they're saying every developer has to do an age check before downloading....anything? But the developer is the one who made the software. How are they going to do a check at download time from the store? What would this even mean for something like installing vim. The vim team has to somehow do a check before apt gives you the package? There's nothing in here indicating there's a way around it, or tying it specifically to adult stuff. It seems to be universal. It's also bizarre because they don't seem to say the developer has to do anything with it. But they have to ask.
This ends up being way WAY more damaging than even the retarded UK stuff that's happening.
7/4/2025, 6:04:03 AM
It's going to be a cloud only, privacy raping machine, built entirely around AI. Every single pixel, every single keystroke and every byte in every file will be monitored by Microsoft.
> muh linux
In the medium term, it doesn't matter. If there's no windows for desktops, there's no hardware. Eventually you just won't be able to buy it because it's simply not made. They'll probably throw in some hardware attestation bullshit in the meantime as well.
> muh hardware manufacturers won't like it.
They will love it because cloud services all upgrade on a clockwork cadence. Instead of people holding onto machines forever, they'll have guaranteed regular sales.
> muh everyone says this every new version of windows
Microsoft is falling behind in the AI race, so it is the perfect time for them to make the transition to an environment where people have no control over their own hardware and are forced to live in a 100% Microsoft AI sandbox that they can't escape from. That's how they capture this giant new market.
> muh GDPR
The EU is going to waive every single privacy issue because this gives them their final ultimate wet dream - giga access to what you are doing at all times.
> muh private companies won't like it
Trusted securate enclaves, homeomorphic compute and all that shit will be made available to businesses. Not you.
All these hundreds of gigawatts of power being bought up are going to leave them with enormous amounts of compute, and you can be sure a big chunk of it is being earmarked for cloud desktop.
> muh linux
In the medium term, it doesn't matter. If there's no windows for desktops, there's no hardware. Eventually you just won't be able to buy it because it's simply not made. They'll probably throw in some hardware attestation bullshit in the meantime as well.
> muh hardware manufacturers won't like it.
They will love it because cloud services all upgrade on a clockwork cadence. Instead of people holding onto machines forever, they'll have guaranteed regular sales.
> muh everyone says this every new version of windows
Microsoft is falling behind in the AI race, so it is the perfect time for them to make the transition to an environment where people have no control over their own hardware and are forced to live in a 100% Microsoft AI sandbox that they can't escape from. That's how they capture this giant new market.
> muh GDPR
The EU is going to waive every single privacy issue because this gives them their final ultimate wet dream - giga access to what you are doing at all times.
> muh private companies won't like it
Trusted securate enclaves, homeomorphic compute and all that shit will be made available to businesses. Not you.
All these hundreds of gigawatts of power being bought up are going to leave them with enormous amounts of compute, and you can be sure a big chunk of it is being earmarked for cloud desktop.
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