oh yeah that makes sense, thanks

by the way, i’m curious, what does “reactionary” even mean?

is it re-action in the sense of acting again? is it reaction in the sense of responding to somebody else’s actions?

taxing wealth instead of work is also an economically sound decision if you want to boost productivity and your economy’s revenue.

As a general rule, when taxes on products are lower, that means these products cost less to the consumer, so consumers buy more of it [rule of supply and demand, also speaks about the connection between price and traded quantity]. So there’s more revenue and more products sold, which boosts production.

I remember reading somewhere that the Irish “low tax” area was deliberately accepted by the EU as a sort of reparation payments for the irish potato famine, which was largely caused by english politics.

but idk whether that’s actually true or just a rumor.

should be able to

well good luck then :)

and if they [children] figure that out anyways then enjoy the arms race

yeah that’s what i was talking about in my previous comment. today, there’s no simple way to just enable “parental control” on an android phone.

and i’m not paying these stupid overpriced apple phones, no way.

too many people be like this. well, they’re gonna have a rough awakening when the IT job market collapses.

can i also block developer options and apk sideloading?

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it will probably take years to figure out how to do age-verification properly.

yeah, what i actually meant with this was that it will take years for platforms to figure out how to do age-verification properly without infringing on the privacy of its users.

not because it is complicated, but because it is a societal process and these are always slow as hell.

block apps

block all 150000000 apps on the app store?

I would like to say that this is good for the quality of content on social media as well…

There’s less bullshit content on social media if there’s fewer kids, and also there’s less incentive for other people to create bullshit content for teenagers to consume, if there’s fewer teenagers on the platforms in the first place.

AFAIK only big platforms are required to take measures, so it’s actually the opposite of what you said. it shifts power to smaller platforms who don’t have to comply with these rules.

but no problem if they fail to identify minors as such?

it’s a new technology. it will probably take years to figure out how to do age-verification properly.

Get her a dumb phone. Install parental controls.

If this actually worked. I tried it once and it did not work at all. Platforms/apps don’t seem to respect the device settings at all.

One parent told the Guardian their 15-year-old daughter was “very distressed” because “all her 14 to 15-year-old friends have been age verified as 18 by Snapchat”. Since she had been identified as under 16, they feared “her friends will keep using Snapchat to talk and organise social events and she will be left out”.

I think the ban should only apply to public-facing platforms, where everybody can see your content.

Platforms where you only talk to your friends should maybe be left out of it.

in japan or in the US?

handing out water in open containers is actually a great challenge because it requires sensitivity (to apply just the right amount of grip pressure)

so it’s a great way to demonstrate sensitivity of the machine.

“everyone i don’t agree with is a bot”

slightly more equal

all animals are equal but some are more equal than others (/s)