Yep. Crime prevention is the excuse, not the reason.

This has always been the case. The AK47 was famously designed to be built in a barn. Newer technology makes this easier. Just like it makes a lot of other things easier. But it is not required. https://www.motherjones.com/po...

I decided that when they first went required cloud. I don't buy stuff I don't fully own.

They will not stop at guns. They could require all prints to be run against the US patent office database...

So much this. States are already pushing requirements to not print guns. They will not stop at guns... "Our cloud AI has detected you are trying to print something that may infringe on patent number..."

"If you don't verify your age, then you'll be treated as a child or teenager, meaning that both the web content filter and communication safety features are switched on."

How can this go wrong? [roblox]

That is the point. Quick. Name 3 browsers not based on Chrome...

Cash is not the only way to support...

There are people who want it, and it should always be a choice. They key is "choice."

He may be in the EU where he can demand they delete his posts.

There are people deleting older posts now...

Lemmy. Decentralized so harder to scrape and abuse. But also harder to find content.

Lower overall numbers but curated and more valuable users. No one wants to advertise to ChatGPT...

But a lot of the better content will go to Lemmy. Where it is also harder for AI to scrape.

For those of us who have been around long enough to get that quote, Mozilla has been a hell of a ride. A lot of ups and downs, but now that are the only real Chrome alternative and may become the only real AI alternative. Time to think about supporting them again.