[bigfishrunning]

At that point I'll just move into the woods with a typewriter and chat with my friends via HAM radio

Edit: Also, why would some userspace components in a slightly-less-free license cause this to happen? if the powers-that-be want to shut you out of the internet, they can do it now; lots of proprietary software already exists.

[einr]

Also, why would some userspace components in a slightly-less-free license cause this to happen?

It won't, in itself, but it appears to be yet another little push forward on the slippery slope that probably will end where it appears to inevitably end.

[bigfishrunning]

but again, the bsd userspace already has a permissive license. if the mustache twirling villains want to lock down stuff, they can do it now. they don't need any push forward.

[banku_brougham]

This resonates. The after effects of age verification and the general exclusion of freedom loving coders is going to leave me standing here in the tumbleweeds with my 90s toyota and laptop with solar panels and unregulated radio frequencies my only communication with the outside world.

Its like those movies coming true. I've already had casual user accounts frozen just for accessing via VPN, or some other inscrutable reason.

[einr]

I'm with you and the only solace in this dystopia is the fact that I increasingly feel like I just don't care. I don't really like using computers anymore. I liked them when they represented freedom and creativity.

So fine, exclude me from all your platforms, there's nothing there for me. It's all bad content from bad people (or increasingly: not even people) running on bad software. I'm not giving up my freedom to partake in that, I'd rather just stop using your shit.

(But I would very much like to be able to pay my bills and buy my train tickets, so I'll play your game and have a smartphone. Fine. You win this round.).

[razodactyl]

Yeah. If it were a thing it would have happened by now. The friction to lock users down would be very bad for business.