[DoctorMckay101]

I was gifted my first computer, running Windows 95, at 11 years of age. By age 13 I was probably within the five people who better understood how to do stuff on a computer in my town. By age 16 I was making Pokemon hackroms, flash animations for newgrounds and translating manga for pirate sites in photoshop. By then I knew my entire life would be tied to computers somehow.

Now some 50-60yo politician who has never even created a folder in their desktop without help wants to dictate how I should have used my device?

Fuck'em

[colinmarc]

There are obviously certain harms we are comfortable (trying to) prevent 13yos from having access to. So it's a matter of degree.

The internet you describe has been gone for a long time. The internet that replaced it is several degrees more harmful, to adults and children alike.

[wao0uuno]

So maybe instead of trying to control the people we could try controlling the corporations responsible for this problem? Bring back the old internet. Make addictive services and algorithmic recommendations illegal. Make commercial entities more responsible for the services they offer.

[colinmarc]

I would absolutely be in favor of those measures.

[gzread]

No, they want your parents to have the optional option to dictate how you use your device.