Genuinely curious to hear what great value you think is being delivered to society by adtech.

It would be if it wasn’t also universally shit.

Very neat looking device for the price you paid, but you do not mention how (and I have doubts that) it competes in the areas of:

Fit and finish (not being made of creaky plastic) Display brightness & colour representation Battery life Trackpad Keyboard

For a portable these are just as important as “the numbers”for most people and definitely more noticeable. Perhaps not the case for you though!

It's made of metal and is sturdy. I've taken it on 2 trips (including international), it's all good and still feels like new but to be fair I don't abuse it. For traveling I put it into a regular backpack that has a laptop sleeve, I don't use extra packing.

The track pad is of course not as good as Apple's but it's good enough where it's not in the way and feels ok to use.

The brightness and battery life both fall into the same category of they haven't negatively impacted me in my day to day. For example a few hours of dev work in the park with the sun out hasn't been a problem for both battery life or visibility.

You are right in that I don't value battery life as a top tier feature. ~5 hours of "real work" is enough because if you need extended battery life for doing intensive tasks away from human civilization you can always keep a power bank on hand for extended usage. If you're not out in the middle of no where, access to a power outlet is readily available.

And then only trusted devices with an “acceptable” posture and valid manufacturer attestation can participate! Hellscape.

Yes, parental controls already exist. You’re up and down this thread advocating for this particular bill, but what does the technical solution actually look like to you beyond the controls already available? And with regards to account creation specifically, what do you see as a workable solution that isn’t defeated by a “pinky swear”?

Can you name a piece of parental control software that tells relevant apps and sites whether I'm above 13/18?

I'm sure there's plenty of software that can block sites entirely, but that's a lot less useful.

And how much should I trust the popular products on a scale of 1-10? An OS setting doesn't need much trust.

> And with regards to account creation specifically, what do you see as a workable solution that isn’t defeated by a “pinky swear”?

I'll copy a different reply: "It's set by the administrator of the computer, so a parent can set it for their child instead of hoping their child is honest to every single individual site. That's the difference between a parental control and a pinky swear."

The idea of something like this isn't to replace parents, it's to give them a simple centralized tool. The parent has the admin account.

Cmd+F ! Thank goodness!

“Low IQ people”

I just had to look at your post history.

Yep.

If I recall, you just hold option whilst clicking the green button and you get the old behaviour

True, but someone writing for a site called windowscentral.com has a business interest in being a windows guy. Although I find it funny to imagine them furtively using Linux.

But if she’s unfit to drive, should she still be allowed to drive?

Maybe I should have snipped the first part of the paragraph, but no absolutely not. If you're unfit to drive you should have your license taken away.

I was commenting primarily on the suggestion that all these old people who rely on their vehicles will suddenly be able to use a functional public transport system - allowing them to get around freely. This is simply not true outside of London.