Same on lemmy… Yet, here we are? I’d call that a win.

I’d rather have a bunch of smaller dudes hosting servers than yet another US multinational that will use their money to destroy democracies around the world.

You’re right. The effort of writing 2 sentences to promote a platform some people may not have checked out in some time, if at all, was definitely wasted. I’ll remember that next time.

Its good to know this will be optional in Europe. But at this point, do I even care?

2025 will be the year that Linux will see an influx of users, and it will all be due to Microsoft’s anti-consumer practices.

Not sure if you were joking but Mastodon has substantially more users than Lemmy.

Averaging 1 million users/month versus Lemmy’s 50k.

Don’t replace X with Bluesky! Go to Mastodon and other Federalised platforms. That is the only way to escape corporate-sponsored fascism.

“I set fire to my house damn why did my house burn down its the builders fault.”

The internet is full of coomers and this community is no exception.

Everytime some news comes out that kids are being protected from accessing porn websites or social media (soft porn), this community goes into a frenzy. Like clockwork.

If all you do is browser the web, the learning curve is a solid 0. The issue is when you want to install specific programs.

It’s honestly probably for the best. Our devices should be tools for entertainment or helping with information. Not something that consumes our whole day.

I think this makes sense for people who type only in English. If you type in other languages, this becomes way less relevant.

Not to mention the limitations in hardware.

German spotted hehehe.

My heart goes out to you, sweet stranger. ❤️

People like to get old bent out of shape and claim that it’s going to take everyone’s jobs and then they completely ignore things like Alpha Fold.

So, is AI gonna take everyone’s jobs or not?

On this same note, as an European it was insane for me to learn that school shootings like Sandy Hook, those are just the ones that go famous for some reason.

But in reality hundreds more happen throughout the year that don’t go “viral” so they don’t get reported at all.

Truly mind-boggling.

These must be the so called trans reading bed time stories turning kids gay i keep hearing so much about. /s

the recent changes only reduces the visibility of ongoing changes and the ability for developers outside of OEMs to contribute to Android (such contributions were already rare).

Why is this so underplayed as if it’s nearly meaningless though, is my question? A huge part of open source code is transparency, and this decision is a big blow to exactly that.

Only posting the code when it’s finished increases the risk that it will not be correctly scrutinized in the way its been until now, not to mention the precedent this sets. Death of the OS in AOSP by a thousand shallow cuts is what I see here.

I highly encourage you to. 🏴‍☠️

There’s no way to believe that phones have less cultural push than AM radio had pre-1990.

I mean, you can believe whatever you want, but the answer is yes there is.

You should watch the series Adolescence, btw. It deals with this exact topic. Its 4 episodes long and it shows how social media and constant connection and more importantly INTERACTION with everyone, has an effect that is fundamentally different from passively listening to AM radio.

Okay, to be quite honest, you’re reading way too deep into a matter that doesn’t even concern you considering you’re not a resident of France, and I’m probably wasting too much of my own time even entertaining your rambling.

So we’ll stop here. I’ll just close with what I know from experience with these kinds of policies, they always come out rough and broad but the details can (and will) be refined as its implementation spreads nationwide and they start covering the pot holes.

And it will spread nationwide, because it wouldn’t make sense in the context of France to have a government-funded program only apply to a small region of France. It’s not a municipal policy and France isn’t composed of individual, sovereign states either.

Again, none of these things should need to be said since that’s pretty much how all new policy launches work. And as usual, the person I’m debating doesn’t even know the basics of how X country operates and apparently don’t know how policy works in general, yet still they believe they can educate me on this matter. So I’m forced to conclude this indeed must be a day ending in -y.

Speaking of day, have a good one!

What are you even talking about at this point? The article is very clear.

There was a trial where schools were asked to get students to leave their phones in their lockers or in a pouch. The results were positive, so now they are expanding it nationwide. I don’t know what is complicated about this.

Is it gonna be flawless? No, and there probably is room for improvements. But it isn’t wasteful or short-sighted as you claim.

You’d do well to know that most schools in France are public and equipped with lockers, so this isn’t that big of an added expense. Sure, it could be bothersome if teachers have to tell students to leave their phones on their lockers, I guess. But that’s about it. Worst case it will be as it was back in my days, where the teacher kept the phones of the rogue students on his table until the end of classes.

They’ll probably never gonna get everyone. But if they can get even 60% of students to leave their phones in their lockers all day, that’s already a net positive for very little added costs, most of which won’t be monetary unless it’s a school with particularly degraded lockers that must be replaced.

I don’t find it necessary to answer the rest of the rambling. Contraband? Criminalising parents? Lol. Kids lie to their parents all the time, they buy phones behind their backs. Holding parents criminally accountable would be insane.