The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
@neil I do worry that we're seeing the beginning of the end of personal computing, in the sense of being able to own a machine that you control and that does your bidding.

@hedders Exactly this.

Admittedly, Apple was perhaps already further down the "appliance, not computer" path with iOS than some others, but still...

@neil @hedders apple was always a sect