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Consumer response is mixed. Some says the age is manually entered so it doesn't affect privacy, others warn about the slippery slope and the potential to add national ID on system boot or installation. Users also point out Microsoft's influence over systemd<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/KestrelVO |date=2026-03-20 |title=Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz5zmh/systemds_new_feature_brings_age_verification/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321032725/https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz5zmh/systemds_new_feature_brings_age_verification/ |archive-date=2026-03-21 |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/ChamplooAttitude |first= |date=2026-03-20 |title=Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp. |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz8i4r/dylan_useful_idiot_with_commit_access_pushed_age/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321005304/https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz8i4r/dylan_useful_idiot_with_commit_access_pushed_age/ |archive-date=2026-03-21 |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>. | Consumer response is mixed. Some says the age is manually entered so it doesn't affect privacy, others warn about the slippery slope and the potential to add national ID on system boot or installation. Users also point out Microsoft's influence over systemd<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/KestrelVO |date=2026-03-20 |title=Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz5zmh/systemds_new_feature_brings_age_verification/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321032725/https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz5zmh/systemds_new_feature_brings_age_verification/ |archive-date=2026-03-21 |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/ChamplooAttitude |first= |date=2026-03-20 |title=Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp. |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz8i4r/dylan_useful_idiot_with_commit_access_pushed_age/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321005304/https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1rz8i4r/dylan_useful_idiot_with_commit_access_pushed_age/ |archive-date=2026-03-21 |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>. | ||
Users have been migrating to Artix Linux, Void Linux, Devuan and other systemd-free Linux distributions. | There was an attempt to revert the changes, and the user who opened the PR did provide many reasons why it should be reverted,<ref>https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179</ref> but it was rejected by Poettering saying:<blockquote>[...] | ||
please move your discussion elsewhere, you are misunderstanding what systemd does here. It enforces ''zero'' policy, it leaves that up for other parts of the system. | |||
And sorry, I am really not interested in these discussions here. it's not the right place for this, and please don't bring it here. Thank you.<ref>https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179#issuecomment-4090834541</ref></blockquote>Users have been migrating to Artix Linux, Void Linux, Devuan and other systemd-free Linux distributions. | |||
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