The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
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@mikecox This is indeed one of the reasons why I am struggling to replace my car at the moment, because I don't want to accept that.
I might not get what I want.
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The fact that it is happening is what is baffling me.
@neil
Increased Shareholder Value as always.
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@emily_s No, Conservatives want things to remain the same because they control them, change threatens that control. You want to control any changes you make, that is different.
@aadeacon But I do currently control my computer, and I want to retain that control... I do not want someone else to take away the control I already have over my things
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@Tak Yes, computers.
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@Kantikainen @SuperMoosie Yes, and that is fine *while that remains an option*.
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> you're going to wake up and find you’ve become a revolutionary anarchist
Wow. I sound *sexy*.
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The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
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The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
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@zer0unplanned A practical suggestion, thanks!
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> I believe a distinction is necessary between using a computer as a personal tool and using it as a means of communication
I don't!
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@lydiaconwell Well thank goodness for that!
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> Age verification has nothing to do with "using one's own computer", it's about running the software on a [your] computer
And running software on a computer is a form of using it...
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@elle @mntmn @hedders @frameworkcomputer @bunnie
Sadly, I don't think that they apologised for their "big tent" mess up
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@danwwilson @neil Definitely
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Please drop me out of this thread. By all means continue this discussion, but I don't wish to be part of it.
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Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.
Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.
* No age or ID verification
* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run
* No third party accounts
Waaait, is that what Windows 11 does these days?
Reminds me a bit of that moment, after I stopped watching TV (in favour of a not-much-better web-surfing habit…), when I noticed at a friends place just how awful TV ads were after not seeing them for a year. How can anyone stand this stuff?
