Mastodawn

The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.

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

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Simon Zerafa

@neil

Give the world's dangerous slide into extreme right politics, and fascism, using your computer like it's 1999 is seen as radical and anarchist.

Welcome to being radical and anarchist by being the same socialist you were in 1999 😂

Edit: If you think Windows is bad, try setting up a Mac without linking your identity to the device.

Pro Tip: Buy the device with cash and never give the salesperson your email address or mobile number. Good Luck 😁👍