>Lots of disingenuous comments in this thread regarding the change being “just json” considering they’re already on a warpath of implementing id verification. They are testing the water to see what they can get away with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope Argue against what is happening, not fictitious and hypothetical scenarios that are not happening. >Furthermore, the Linux community has always been against shit like this (see: systemd outrage, open bios, gnu etc). We've had fields for storing way more personal information (like real name, home telephone number, location, etc) since **1962**. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field There is nothing that a birthdate will tell about a person that their real name and location will not. The criticism here needs to be aimed at the laws and politicians. This article is whipping up a lynch mob against a volunteer developer using a clickbait article for the purposes of ad revenue.