I still believe there's good intentions. But, that's still not my main point... I think the better laws to implement are to stop Big Tech from creepy vendor lock in & draconian control of devices.

I am concerned that age-verification laws, while well intentioned, will create unintended problems.

I'd much rather they come down hard (at the federal level) on Google, Apple, and Microsoft about things like developer registration & restricting app installs to verified developers. That's draconian and dangerous. I'd rather have the freedom to install apps and risk malware, then Big Tech censoring apps I can install or not.

Any gun deaths are tragic. But, the rates in America are actually extremely low considering the size of our population, the amount of firearms in America, etc.

Pew says there's about 55% of annual firearm related deaths from suicides. More gun control won't stop a determined person from committing suicide. So, as tragic as suicide by firearms is, I don't think we should focus on that vs firearm related deaths from homicides and other causes, since it's so easy to do outside of a firearm.

So, by my math, that was 6.1 people dying by firearms per 100,000 in 2023 in the USA. That's less than 1% of 1% of the population. And there's more firearms in the USA than there are people.

Years ago, I looked at some CDC PDF online, and if you excluded suicides, the rate of firearm deaths per year were less than by automobiles and some other causes.

So, with what "little" gun control the USA has, it seems like it's not comparatively speaking.

Pew Research Link

OK, I said my piece. Let the leftists on /. begin their efforts to comment and shout me down or mod me into oblivion. It won't change the stats, but it's a predictable response from what I've seen over the years.

Yes, but that still gives Google too much control in the process. As the owner of the device, I should have complete control over my device, even if it's not what Google wants. I'm accepting the risks & dealing with the consequences.

We cannot coddle/protect everyone from threats without giving up essential freedoms. There's protecting users from themselves and then there's draconian levels of control. Google seems bent on crossing the line.

What Google is doing is dystopian in nature, regardless of the spin they give it. It was also dystopian to see them remove drivers from AOSP for Android 16.

It is my hope that the USA and EU will crack down on this nonsense for Google, Apple, and Microsoft at a minimum.

I'm not a fan of what Google did with the Android 16 AOSP drop this year. I don't like them trying (I believe it is intentional) to quietly break GrapheneOS, LineageOS, etc. That's a subtle way (at least to the uninitiated) to cause more vendor lock-in. I'm concerned both Google, Apple, and Microsoft are trying to lock down their software in Orwellian ways myself.

It's slashdot. There's a clear liberal/progressive bias and has been for decades. Thus, TDS and other such afflictions are to be expected in the comments.

He's one of the main guys getting Trump to pull out of Ukraine?

Are you serious? Trump campaigned on ending the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. He mentioned it frequently. Vance isn't "getting" him to do so. It was a campaign promise.

Yeah, him turning an inheritance of millions into billions & meeting tons of top tier leaders over decades, and doing business worldwide probably don't mean anything in his trade & economics actions.

The TDS is strong with slashdot.

"Trump Calls Intel CEO a 'Success' After Demanding Resignation"

No, that's not what he said in the statement. The words (which you reference later) are:

"The meeting was a very interesting one. His success and rise is an amazing story."

Those are not synonymous statements. The former suggests Trump said the CEO was a success as though to equate CEO == success. The latter says "[h]is success" indicating that the CEO *HAS* some success, but not necessarily that he *IS* a success.

BeauHD: your title seems inaccurate and quite probably disingenuous given the way stories tend to go on Slashdot.

This is one of several reasons I prefer GrapheneOS. I think some engineers are more concerned with "How do I accomplish this?" vs "Should I do this?"

That's why I'm not happy that Google left out drivers from the Android 16 AOSP code.

Gemini, Google Assistant, and anything else like that should be an "IF I want it", not "You MUST have it".

There's also the problem of many people not trusting main stream media sources to practice actual journalism.

Cool, so how many power plants are they adding to the grid to help support such demand?

Could sell them to consumers as another profit avenue. Look at how many chicks that Tractor Supply sells each year.

If you price them appropriately, you could probably save quite a few that others are willing to raise & process themselves or use for their own hens.

It appears I don't have them on my GrapheneOS (Android 13) install. So, some users may already be safe on that front w/o any intervention.

It's always been the case since I started Android dev back on Android 2.2. I assume it goes even farther back. Here's the docs for doing it: https://developer.android.com/...