Providing a place to store and read data for minimal, nominal, non-invasive compliance with legislation so that people can protect themselves without harming anyone else
Things I have never said anything about:
I don’t think that’s a reasonable assessment of this change
Are you serious? I mean there’s a lot of dumb shit in this thread but come on
That is (or is not) happening regardless of systemd involvement. This is just a place to store the value. Not having such a place in systemd would just mean it is stored in some other place. This doesn’t make it significantly easier to implement age verification nor would reverting it make it significantly harder. It’s just a field that may be used by people who are legally obligated to store or read that data.
Every rant about systemd is a wasted opportunity to yell at someone who deserves it, honestly. Focus on the people pushing age verification laws or doing age verification.
Unless your system is for you and your kid, for example
Peepo is less likely to be fascist than clown pepe last I checked but I don’t consider myself a fascist frog expert
You could use it as a dressing rather than a dip. Like sriracha or tabasco, but not spicy.
Feeling the pain for a bit will quickly make you comfortable with the numbness