This reverts commit acb6624, reversing changes made to ba1caf0.
Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)"
After extensive community discussion, legal review and c...
Especially given that a lot of us are interested in content filtering, just that we want to be in control of what we’re subjected to, cf adblockers.
I’d be super fine with it if I could tune, say, the YouTube app on our TV to not subject me to ads for illegal gambling sites, fossil fuels, vacations in authoritarian regimes, etc.
But that’s exactly what they don’t want us to have control over, because that means lost income.
This data should not be on the system level at all. What’s next, gender? Race? We all know why this was done, and doing it was shameful.
Especially given that a lot of us are interested in content filtering, just that we want to be in control of what we’re subjected to, cf adblockers.
I’d be super fine with it if I could tune, say, the YouTube app on our TV to not subject me to ads for illegal gambling sites, fossil fuels, vacations in authoritarian regimes, etc.
But that’s exactly what they don’t want us to have control over, because that means lost income.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope