Applesoft was in ROM. The DOS was only for the disk controller. Without a disk drive I could still work the memory map, execute code, allocate memory, calls to locations, speaker calls, graphics control, load off of cassette, etc. That is the definition of an OS.

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

Dynamic IPs, VPNs…

I wouldn’t buy a car if I had to install my own engine or dashboard. “You selected the x322 dash. Here are your parts and a manual. Good luck!” It shouldn’t be surprising if 99% of the population doesn’t want a similar experience with their devices. PCs and such have become consumer devices, not hobbyist ones.

Unfortunately the Linux market is so fragmented that your average user is overwhelmed. This is not helped by the Linux community who in a general rule are not particularly accommodating towards novices.

Omg yes. I’m considering going to linux at home for my next system but when I look at my options I can look at 10 sources and get 10 different recommendations. There are a million flavors of linux now. Every time I look into the subject I see a new flavor has been released. I also don’t want to get comfortable with one version only to find out it isn’t supported or updated a few years from now and have to switch. My goal is to use it, not to be a sys admin in my spare time.

I’m tech savvier than most people so even talking about linux to the avg person is like talking about nuclear physics. Usually when I read a story about, say, someone’s mom using it, it is because some very skilled linux fan installed and set it up for them.

You get beaten up for just bringing these points up.

Apple IIs had the OS built into the ROMs.

This is beyond 99% of the population who just want it to work out of the box. This would be impossible with any apple hardware also.

Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

:D

Here is the bill: https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/New-York-2025-S08102-Amended.pdf

Main points:

“Covered manufacturer” shall mean a manufacturer of an internet-enabled device, an operating system provider, or an application store.

Obligations for covered manufacturers.

1. Upon activation of an internet-enabled device after the effective date of this article, a covered manufacturer shall conduct age assurance to determine a user’s age category at the point of such activation. For devices that were activated prior to the effective date of this article, however, such covered manufacturer shall conduct the age assurance described herein on or before such effective date.

Data security.

1. A covered manufacturer or covered developer shall delete all information collected for the purposes of this article after such purpose has been achieved, except where necessary for compliance with applicable provisions of law or regulation.

So it would be any device that connects to the internet, regardless of the reason such as connecting to a VPN.

Christian fundie groups trying to get rid of porn on the web. Other groups seeking to eliminate anonymity from the web.

Meta is likely going along with it because it protects them from child vulnerability lawsuits.

Freedom for me, laws for thee

You mean the hypocrite amendment?

Scammers and hackers around the world celebrated at getting their hands on your ID info.

Obedient unemployed

What good is being super wealthy if you can’t feel superior to other people?

I’d trust a business with “equity” or “capital” in its name before him.

Those damn immigrants taking up all of the best landscaping, slaughterhouse, roof tarring, and crop picking jobs.

They fired people for AI, now they fire them without AI. Please tell me how they plan on sustaining an economy where only the 1% has discretionary income?

Groups that want to remove anonymity from the internet.

A delusional kid was told by one and a delusional kid was told by another.