I just received a new laptop with 26.04 on it. Spent yesterday starting the setup. It's really nice so far!

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Quoting: tmtvlScan your ID card to verify

I guarantee every device & account in the house will be registered to whoever the most tech savvy adult is & that will be that.

Why yes, I DO have 5 profiles on this Windows PC just for me. They just happen to be called Jane, John, Jimmy, Suzey & John Jr. 😝

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You thought the cookie consent nonsense was silly, just wait for this insanity.

I'm a parent of 3 young kids. It's NOT that hard to keep an eye on what your kids are doing online. And it's already a nightmare to try to manage parental controls on most devices.

I'd be happy if they would stop at:

1) Force all media apps (like Smart TV apps) to allow the setting of a parent PIN + a kids profile where parents can set the age of content (like Netflix does it).

2) Social media platforms with over X users should have the ability to create a supervised account for children where parents can see their chats & approve their connections (like Kids Messenger). F*ck SnapChat & their disappearing chats.

3) Router level website filtering that doesn't suck.

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Frankly the state of parental controls is abysmal. I'm a fricking programmer & I find it all convoluted, annoying & unintuitive. And that's when it's even available.

We don't need age verification - parents will just register all users as 18+ to avoid the headaches of having a device that suddenly can't access things when you need it. Unless you're going to fingerprint ID a user everytime they log in.... this is going to be more surveillance for no benefit.

The parents who care are already doing a pretty good job.

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Man, I was *really* hoping the sequel would be co-op. 😔

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Why on earth do these sites keep the ID scans?? Validate the user, save the date date and a 'yes valid' checkmark. Then delete the damn id.

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Happy to send a few bucks your way. This is a great site. 😎

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*cries in Ubuntu Desktop*

It works with Proton but there are a LOT of little annoying issues especially with multiplayer.

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On the other hand, it has completely obliterated any chance we'd ever have native ports ever again, and I'm not even sure it has given Linux more visibility...

Even being a Linux user myself, I always thought it was a stretch to want Linux Native ports when Linux sits around 3%. And getting usage up is pretty hard if there are no games. Proton is bridging the chicken vs egg problem & the Native ports will come when more people are running a Linux flavour as their daily OS.

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I'd like to see something like an "activity heartbeat". Plotting things like community posts, game updates & news posts into a subtle coloured graph line of the last year's worth of activity.

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Here's hoping the dev considers the game to be *done* soon & moves on to Haunted Chocolatier. 🤞

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