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Hello ,

As the title says what happens if theUK requires age verification for VPN’s or makes it illegal to use them?

Does that mean everyone will move to tor or I2P?

It seems if the UK gov keep pushing their agenda under the guise of protecting children people will increasingly go dark .

I guess what I’m asking is how does everyone think this will unfold?

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[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)

You live in a bubble my friend. Not everyone will move to tor. Not even close. Linux has reached 3% in the steam statistics recently. Remove the deck users and you'll be lucky if it hits 1%. Of those 1% not even everyone will be able to give up the regular web. I'm sure there will be a surge in alternative browsing prorocols, but not enough to change the status quo.

[–] mysticmartz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The normies are mad . I use Arch BTW.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

I use Arch BTW.

Gotta start em on something lighter. A gateway distro, if you will.

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