Think for a minute about how providing your ID to access the internet would become a requirement.

That’s the fun part - they don’t! There are no special 1s nor 0s

Yea, it was what was being discussed. Your assertion is that it’s impossible for the ruling class to have an exception. You seem to think a technical limitation exists where none does.

You’re factually incorrect, and show neither an understanding of how networking/websites function, or understanding of how the ultra wealthy and the politicians they buy have a very long history of giving themselves loopholes so the rules don’t apply to them.

Stop moving the goalposts

Yes, it is. The statement was that they would be beholden to the same age verification requirements that we would.

What people have been trying to tell you is that your assumption isn’t backed by precedent.

You do realize that a significant amount of laws that apply to the population don’t apply to politicians and the ultra wealthy, right?

It’s currently one of the biggest societal issues on the planet.

At our grocery store, their self checkout hates me because I apparently scan things too fast.

My school did this 20 years ago. It’s wild that they let kids have their phones in class in the first place.

A system to kill a fuck ton with lasers has existed for decades, but a patent troll is sitting on it.

That’s how most of the world works with regards to filming in public.

This one was on buddy. He gave AI full control over the listing and communications, so of course it gave a buyer the address.

I would have banished myself to be the crazy cave hermit.

The discussion was about Apple products not being essential goods. It was not about smart phones in general being essential goods.

Are iPhones the only smart phone that exists?

You’re absolutely correct. Price gouging is when you significantly raise the price of essential goods during an emergency.

Like selling water for $20 a bottle in the aftermath of an earthquake.

Apple products aren’t essential goods.

My wife and I just have separate bathrooms so we can each have our own pile that the other doesn’t have to deal with.

It depends on the ratio of failed to successful, really. If there are hundreds of millions of successful verifications, that’s a fairly low failure rate.