Without caring to read the replies to that mail, pretty sure it’s because the forum feature can be seen as a social network and they just don’t want to deal with getting guardian’s approval and similar BS some laws around the world may require. openSUSE is a corporate-led distribution after all. They have to abide by different rules than some dude remixing Ubuntu in his bedroom.
Because once people accept age-gating for any and all websites, then enforcement (i.e. age verification) becomes a much easier sell to the average person who doesn’t care about their privacy.
Then stop interacting with any community / user on sopuli.xyz RIGHT NOW!
Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, per the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) do not use this site.
That hypothetical doesn’t seem to have happened in reality, because these terms have been standard in almost all TOSs for decades and yet age verification is not suddenly an easy sell.
Do you not read the terms of service before creating an account on social media?!?!
Nobody’s enforcing it so who gives a shit?
Without caring to read the replies to that mail, pretty sure it’s because the forum feature can be seen as a social network and they just don’t want to deal with getting guardian’s approval and similar BS some laws around the world may require. openSUSE is a corporate-led distribution after all. They have to abide by different rules than some dude remixing Ubuntu in his bedroom.
Because once people accept age-gating for any and all websites, then enforcement (i.e. age verification) becomes a much easier sell to the average person who doesn’t care about their privacy.
Then stop interacting with any community / user on programming.dev RIGHT NOW!
https://legal.programming.dev/docs/terms-of-service/
Then stop interacting with any community / user on sopuli.xyz RIGHT NOW!
https://sopuli.xyz/legal
That hypothetical doesn’t seem to have happened in reality, because these terms have been standard in almost all TOSs for decades and yet age verification is not suddenly an easy sell.
Do you not read the terms of service before creating an account on social media?!?!
To use this side you have at least be as pale as #FFDAB9… But nobody is enforcing it.