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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why joining the local library is the best thing you can do in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  @okwithmydecay NB you can also often join libraries in neighbouring counties too. Useful if you like ebooks and audiobooks as it expands the catalogue you can access if you have more than one library card. They often also give you free access to online newspapers and magazines, and sometimes streaming platforms too.
  But please also go in! Ours does free coffee, has desks and free WiFi, and you can use their scanner and pay to use their printer if you don't have your own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK Wants All iPhones to Block Explicit Images Unless You Prove Age⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  @G4Z yeah in principle I agree but in practice "the internet" is about 4 companies. Until there's more competition your data is being consolidated anyway. And the only way to get competition is to enforce regulation. I don't think this is *good* regulation but I don't see why we should have to do what Apple want just because they're big.
  Interestingly this comes at the same time as the smartphone-free childhood thing is gaining steam so there's probably a real-world solution anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK Wants All iPhones to Block Explicit Images Unless You Prove Age⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  @oeuf @G4Z I realise it's never going to happen and there would be loads of other fallout I haven't thought about, but I think governments *should* be allowed to. They can in every other field - our booze laws aren't the same as the US's, why should our dick pic laws be?
  It might de-monopolise the industry a bit.