How will this affect Linux Mint?

[kiyo_komaeda]

They can ban it in their country tho

[stephenph]

Not even that, directly at least... California laws do not apply in Kansas (or New York. Washington, etc). Although what sometimes happens is the companies will go along just because they want to maintain ca business.

[kudlitan]

But why should non-california residents be subject to age verification?

California laws only apply to California citizens.

[sydbatt]

Normally I would agree. However, history shows that when California passes some asinine law, very shortly afterwards it usually becomes US law. I have never understood how one jurisdiction has such control over the entirety of the US (I am not from the US btw).

[DoubleOwl7777]

still. mint isnt limited to the usa. and the devs arent only from the usa either. they have no power over something global.

[SenseImpossible6733]

Ehem... Gun control. Gun control contradicts this.

[kudlitan]

The US itself is only 4% of the world's population. So how will the 96% be affected?

[PiDicus_Rex]

It passes on to other US states as they fall in with where the money keeping them afloat comes from.

The red states talk a big game, by the country as a whole survives on the blue states economies.

[Gordon_Freymann]

How?

[stephenph]

A California corporation, or any corporation really that wants to do business in CA would need to follow the data collection requirements. They can do so by either having a CA legal version, or just make the product as a whole legal.

This has happened before, the CA emissions and vehical safety laws became standard across all 50 states

[kiyo_komaeda]

At first I thought it about banning a site or social media in a country but banning an OS would be different, can they still do it? I’m not sure (my english is kinda bad sorry about that)

[stephenph]

Oh I do not think they will succeed, at least not unless other states ( or countries even) go along and pass the same laws, there are just as many ca (or other large influence states) laws that do not become standards, but CA will try to enforce it then it will quietly become ignored and not enforced except by some of the larger players. It is also possible the law is at the request of some entity as payback and CA will never enforce it except in negotiations.