It's too bad a lot of the dissenting arguments sounded the same as those against wearing masks. It was an own goal that could have been avoided.

What could have worked was a right to privacy, but by then the well had already been poisoned.

The US sure wants to collapse by sending most of the libre software foundations and companies (and infrastructure) to Canada to avoid useless regulations on software.

Unfortunately no one gives a shit besides a lot of us.

revenge of the beurocrats

this is bieng pushed from inside the civil service in conjunction with money interests and is equivalent to a treasonous military takeover

I would argue that the traditional consequences apply

> The App Store Accountability Act adds age gating at the app store level

Don't forget the corporations that valiantly fought against "sideloading" to ensure this could happen. Props to them and their supporters on HN, hopefully this is what you wanted.

I don't support these laws for the same reason I wouldn't support national, gendered and racial APIs. Anonymity is a fundamental human right, segregation isn't.

It hasn't even been a year since the supreme court ruled in favor of compelled speech for specific adult content and that's already expanded to any engagement with an OS. That's how you know these are being pushed by industry, there is a huge market for verified child advertising. Everyone talking about slippery slop with Texas not even a year ago, are you eating crow or caviar?

But Think of thE cHiLdren!!!