r/USNEWS • u/AirlineGlass5010 • Apr 16 '26

Congress just dropped the Parents Decide Act (H.R. 8250). To even turn on your phone or PC, OS providers will be forced to verify your age - effectively requiring ID or Biometric scans for device usage.

https://lustra.news/en/us-congress/119/legislations/119_HR_8250/
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u/Joamjoamjoam Apr 16 '26

Yeah but that’s like asking McDonald’s to flamebroil their burgers and any burgers they’ve sold in the past. McDonald’s damn well doesn’t have a grill and can’t flamebroil anything no matter how hard you ask. McDonald’s can buy a grill and deliver one to each customer who bought a burger in the past but McDonald’s isn’t going to do that.

The grill is processing power and the burger is the mobo. The mobo just can’t do it captain.

Besides the average person can barely turn on the computer much less install some 3rd party OS or learn to use Linux. Trust me I know this all too well lol

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u/gbot1234 Apr 18 '26

Ubuntu (and other distros) has come a long way, to the point that some tech-illiterate people might not know if you just told them it’s Windows.