California’s Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), approved by Governor Newsom in October 2025, sets out a statewide age assurance framework for operating systems and app stores. It requires o…
Here’s the thing, this doesn’t apply only to “those who sell Linux based OSes and support contracts”. Read the blog post again and my recent comments at https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/55723652/24217066 and I hope you’ll see the problems. 😐
I agree that it’s a poorly written law, I mean it was written by politicians who don’t understand what an OS is. My main point is that something baked into the OS and browser is better for a handful of reasons than most of the other ‘solutions’ we’re seeing.
Here’s the thing, this doesn’t apply only to “those who sell Linux based OSes and support contracts”. Read the blog post again and my recent comments at https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/55723652/24217066 and I hope you’ll see the problems. 😐
I agree that it’s a poorly written law, I mean it was written by politicians who don’t understand what an OS is. My main point is that something baked into the OS and browser is better for a handful of reasons than most of the other ‘solutions’ we’re seeing.