[0xbadcafebee]

> The only way to stop this from happening is half the country refuse to buy any tech that implements OS age verification

No, the way to stop it is to talk to your representatives.

You have the power. You just have to pick up a phone, and ask your friends, relatives, neighbors, to do the same. (They will, because it affects all of them.) Tell your reps to remove the legislation or you're voting them out. They don't want to lose their jobs. They will change if you tell them to. But only if you tell them. That is your power. Use it or lose it.

[nico]

> the way to stop it is to talk to your representatives.

I keep seeing this advice, yet whenever it actually matters, it doesn't really work

No amount of talking to representatives stopped the genocide in Gaza, no amount of talking to representatives is stopping what the US is doing now in Iran

Majority of Congress voted to continue war in Iran, despite an overwhelming majority of Americans being opposed to it

[khat]

Unfortunately representatives are bought out by their donors. Nothing you say will change their minds. What will change their minds is if their donors start losing money. (i.e. Having no employees to make their product/service)

[HerbManic]

I hate to be negative here but every single time I have spoken with a representative, they will just take the party line. "Thank you for reaching out. We are doing X as advised by the department of Y based on our evidence of Z."

Then they just continue with that was already happening.