Im preaching to the choir with this, but I think its relevant for context: The reasons Im not using windows are ads, tracking, forced updates, AI "features", automatic reversion of your uninstalls/settings after updates, slow/buggy/bloated/vibe coded. These things are enough of an issue for me to the point that if an alternative didnt exist, I would not have a PC. That means linux and its future are a pretty big deal to me. Weve already seen some give into age attestation (shoutout to agelesslinux.org), there are debates being had about development practices (vibe coding), debates about incorporating AI slop features (weve already lost firefox there), hardware attestation would regretfully see some compliance given how age attestation went, etc. Does anyone else worry about the path linux could be on?
Kinda, but not really. It is possible that eventually the slop will take over many great distros and projects, but the anti- or even sane-AI folk will just do their own new projects.
Age limits don't seem like a reall risk with open-source projects, but I have already decided that I will not partake if it goes to that.. I won't post my ID to be able to see memes, I'll just let go. I got my offline games, old consoles, DVDs, books, board games etc.
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Yep, I'd hope for good new projects where their founding principles are about being against these things. Some people say if you dont like feature X then compile your own distro, which I dont think is a realistic solution for everyone.
Ive always kept an offline copy of anything I cared about, if anything asks for my ID in the future I am definitely doing without or finding an alternative, mass noncompliance is important.