Nope, consent cannot be a prerequisite of using the service/software, if it is available in the EU (or UK, since they grandfathered in GDPR after brexit) it must be usable with or without consent.
That is the reason many local non-EU ad-supported businesses (like local papers in the US) outright block all EU traffic. For example if I go to https://www.chicagotribune.com/ I get a blank page saying "This content is not available in your region".
Manjaro could do something similar by just blocking EU users from downloading it.
That is the reason many local non-EU ad-supported businesses (like local papers in the US) outright block all EU traffic. For example if I go to https://www.chicagotribune.com/ I get a blank page saying "This content is not available in your region".
Manjaro could do something similar by just blocking EU users from downloading it.