Neil BrownThe idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
Hedders@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...
ZenDragoness//RES
AlexanderVINot ALWAYS....
"Wozniak explains that the first Apple PCs, the Apple I and Apple II, 'were designed strictly on a hobby, for-fun basis, not to be a product for a company. They were meant to bring down to the club and put on the table.' "
Let us not forget the good Steve.
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/homebrew-computer-club-dawn-personal-computer/