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iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Me using an android as a child taught me how to use linux, command line etc. seems arbitrary to deny the phone entirely. maybe certain online services should be though

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

    as a child

    So you where under 12, when you learned how to use Linux?

    In general, I do agree with controls set on children, locally by the parents that is - excluding teenagers.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I first used linux with Ubuntu Hardy Heron, I was 8 or 9 years old...
    the 'macs are cool' to 'modifying windows to look like mac' to 'try linux' pipeline was real

    I did move back to windows with the windows 7 'black' beta I found on kickasstorrents tho.

    Ah... 2008 was a much simpler time (on the internet)

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    To be fair, having experience in OSes from childhood is certainly a life lesson to the upcoming years within teenhood and adulthood. I'm not undermining this attribute, as within a world of complexity, having any experience already puts you further than most.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I also discovered Linux when I was around 8-9, Ubuntu 10.10 was my first distro (was already 5 years out of date by then but it's all I had), partially daily drove 14.04 2-3 years later, then went full daily some time in 2021. here I am today using a linux phone, all because "hey dad how do I make windows look like Mac"

    I was obsessed with computers and machines ever since I discovered them for the first time

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