>> hobby

> You don't have to support

This isn't just a kernel thing. Expecting volunteers to dump time into compliance is ridiculous. Not because they oppose the idea, but because huge swaths of the internet run on people doing something for free -- and they'll just do something else if governments begin threatening them.

Europe realized this with their new infosec liability regulations. If you're giving your labor away, you're not liable for your software; if you're making money off your software, step up and do better. Maybe California and the others should learn more from the EU.

Abortion prosecution or societal ostracization.

Streamer doxing.

Literally just being trans.

HIV fear mongering.

Illegal fuckery with your insurance rates.

Employment discrimination.

Stalking.

Racial discrimination.

Can you imagine trying to fully trust a mental health professional today? A patient can't see a therapist's notes, but they sure as hell can be breached.

There is zero LEGITIMATE use for your breached health data.

The business owner is in a job that takes a huge amount of their life, with a suicide rate four times higher than average.

People accuse veterinarians of being in it for the money, the same day another owner decides to euthanize their dog because they don't want it anymore. While an angry owner on social media is rallying pitchforks over something that the vet can't even respond to due to privacy standards.

I have no sympathy for PE that's wandering around our lives, destroying the actual purpose of businesses to extract profit from everyone they can.

CLAs have a use beyond shitty anti-open source rug pulls, but they've been abused enough that I'll trust the FSF first.

And I fully acknowledge that the FSF isn't and will never be perfect.

> The tech companies don't really have any issue paying

It reduces profit.