That works well for controlled devices like phones, tablets, and TVs, but it’s much harder on desktops unless you expect parents to become IT administrators.
It'd need to be vertically integrated from OS to user space apps, and restricting what can be installed.
I'm not sure to understand the proposed solution here, but it seems someone could just use a different web browser client who don't inherit these restrictions.
Fair enough, this was not the case when I looked last week. They were "concerned" but had not posted anything in opposition.
And when I looked this morning all I found was they'd asked it to be split into two bills. Implying they want to support some but not all. Which is worrisome.
EDIT: wait, the thing linked here by you only says they want to amend it. That's a far cry from killing the bill. So, no, they're not opposed. The want to split and amend it.
Conservatives are against the whole surveillance on citizens aspect, that is the "Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act" part of this bill about electronic devices and service providers, the core controversial issue of this discussion, which they want removed.
Conservatives have been very critical about it since the beginning. You can find plenty of sources where they discuss this.
This isn’t going to generate billions in additional revenue. That is a huge exaggeration.
I do agree with your underlying argument, though. It will likely help them gain market share for hosting web applications, which is increasing with LLM usage.
Perhaps "potentially billions" is justifiable? In that it's a "change the scenario entirely" level of change.
Certainly if you compare it to another likely scenario where Vercel buys them and fast forward 2 years, it's plausible that a huge number of projects went one way or the other because of what the AIs defaulted to.
Limits are beneficial. They should be treated as a design feature, not just a stopgap.
When something is abundant, people tend to waste it.
I’m perfectly happy with my base subscriptions. I have Claude Code and Codex monthly subs, plus a yearly Google AI Pro account because it was a logical upgrade from the cloud storage plan I already had. I think it worked out to something like an extra $10/month for the AI features.
I constantly rotate between them during the week, managing tokens carefully, cleaning sessions and contexts as soon as possible, and being intentional about usage.
I honestly don’t understand the appeal of these ultra-expensive max subscriptions.
It reminds me of that flying orb toy I bought for the kids a few years ago. The battery only lasted about 10 minutes, and the kids would go ape shit crazy while it worked. Then it needed a 30-minute recharge, which created a natural cooldown period.
I actually considered that a good feature. I would never want the thing running nonstop.
I pretty much only use Google for news searches these days. Even then, it’s mostly just to get a surface-level view before cross-referencing with other engines for anything important.
There’s so much content getting buried now.
If you’re looking for anything remotely niche or legally gray, like sports streams or ebooks, you’re often better off using Yandex or you’ll never find it.
The old Google search engine that used to properly index and surface the open web has been gone for a long time.
I'm using Ground News for skimming through the news, their ads are everywhere, but it is a somewhat good product. I pay for the most basic plan and it is pretty cheap. If I want a deeper dive in some story I look the links to the original posts their provide
Yes, I work at a 50 person startup and even here switching from CC to codex or cursor would be non-trivial for multiple reasons - not just the annual commitment.
I don't doubt you but it's amazing how much easier things get when there's another option at 20% of the price, and that's what's going to happen here if these American companies keep trying to squeeze the prices up.
50K FTE global firm. We’re still piloting ChatGPT. AI is a four-letter word and there are ridiculous ceremonies and hundreds of hours of overhead for every trivial use case.
Amusingly, Enterprise credits are more expensive than just paying a zero-commitment on-demand API fee. Personal accounts are still the best value.
my stance is coming from working at one of the soggiest banks and having access to 3 with 2 more coming, and knowing the same is true at 2 of our large competitors.
