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None of this age verification is about children. The end of the free internet is the point.
by laughing_man 5mo ago
None of this age verification is about children. The end of the free internet is the point.
- dennis_jeeves2 5mo agoSpot on. Too much freedom = peasants revolting.
- techblueberry 5mo agoWhat even is the free internet at this point? What are we losing? It’s all just television now. https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everything-became-television https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everything-became-televi... I feel like one of the problems with “conservatism” (I’m using the term loosely here) is it fights to preserve the status quo, even if the status quo is already a bizzare compromise. If we want to envision a better future great, but preserving what we currently have as the “free internet” is just sad.