Will anonymous access still be allowed?

To YouTube? Yes. The legislation requires social media companies to ensure people under the age of 16 do not have accounts. It does not prevent people under the age of 16 from accessing these social media platforms whilst logged out. For something like Facebook or Instagram, which rarely work unless logged in, this will have a significant impact, but for YouTube it makes barely any difference. I haven’t used YouTube logged in for a very long time and there is very little that is off-limits, beyond highly graphic content, so this is a far cry from the “ban” it has been hysterically portrayed as in the media.

The search engine thing is a different piece of legislation I believe, but it also does not require you to be logged into an account to perform web searches. You will still be able to use Google and Bing with default safety settings enabled.

“Your call phone is important to us.”

You don’t have to hand over ID, YouTube (and all other services affected by these new laws) must provide an alternative for those who do not wish to use ID. If you’ve maintained an account for over 16 years, YouTube may also be able to use that data to pass an age assurance check.

I’m not sure yet, but it sounds like Lemmy is within the scope of the legislation.

Key features of the SMMA include:

• Requires age‐restricted social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 years old from having accounts (the minimum age obligation),

Under the SMMA, a platform is an ‘age‐restricted social media platform’ if (section 63C):

• the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between 2 or more end‐users,
• the service allows end‐users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end‐users,
• the service allows end‐users to post material on the service, and
• it meets such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules

Poor Dean’s just got a nut.

Maybe it is the second most watched movie…you’re all here talking about it, after all.

Alternative title: The Internet Completely Loses The Plot, Incorrectly Claims Australian Government Plans To “Ban Kids From Watching YouTube”

There are English subtitles available through Line TV, apparently. I’d just wait regardless, I doubt this show is good enough to warrant jumping through hoops.

Do you need an app/to upload your data to the cloud? I have a Garmin watch and keep it completely offline, similarly I had an Amazfit before that which I also kept offline (though that one did require and account an app for the initial setup). In both instances I’ve kept them in aeroplane mode 24/7 and just looked at data on the watch itself. An added bonus is that battery life is much improved.

Well I guess we will see what the future holds for him. First he’ll need to prove his good enough to win a lesser Grand Tour against the second-tier GC guys, as I’m sure Evenepoel will get priority at the Tour de France.

I’m not sure I’d call a Betoota Advocate article “coverage”.

I was quite surprised that iView has its own small, but quite decent, collection of films. And, of course, it has all the great journalism programming like Four Corners, Foreign Correspondent, Australian Story, Planet America, etc, which is what I usually go to it for.

Would you be saying the same if Lipowitz hadn’t made the podium at the Tour de France this year due to Evenepoel’s injury and withdrawal?

I’ve seen a few people saying this and I’m not sure what it’s based on. Remco has won the Vuelta as well as equalling Lipowitz’s best performance at the Tour de France, has been World Champion in both the road race and twice in the time trial, won both at the Olympics last year and has multiple classic and monument wins to his name. Lipowitz is only a few months younger and hasn’t won anything of note, and he is unlikely to have anywhere near the same level of success given he does not have a clear point of difference to his competitors, compared to Remco who is the best time trialist in the world.

I don’t pay for streaming services any more unless there is a reason to have a subscription beyond watching TV/film. For example, I have a Paramount+ subscription for ~8 months of the year to watch the A-League, and occasionally I’ll have a Prime subscription for business reasons. So if something is on one of those services, I might watch it through there. I tend to pirate new releases and big budget shows that benefit from a high quality 4K encode, rather than pay to watch ads.

In Australia we have a public broadcaster called SBS, which is the unofficial multicultural broadcaster. Its streaming service has a very high quality and varied catalogue, with TV and film from all around the world, but it is ad-supported and usually in low bitrate 720p. I used to overlook it for those reasons, but these days I find myself going to it more and more. I guess it’s a mix of being busier, being increasingly turned off by the generic US slop that paid streaming services churn out (only to cancel halfway through) and wanting to support a public broadcaster which is putting effort into maintaining a high quality catalogue despite a severe lack of government funding. Recently, it acquired an exclusive world premiere license for the new sci-fi thriller ‘Smilla’s Sense of Snow’, for example.

Nice to see we are finally getting some regulatory movement here.

No, but I assume it was what the person you replied to was referencing.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/

Actually one funny thing I forgot about San Sebastian until you reminded me just now was Roglič doing a teleport backwards in the final kilometres to finish several groups back despite leading the race for quite a long time. It was like he just gave up completely when he realised no one was catching Ciccone lol

I’m not sure, but you can always try asking on their forums or in their Matrix chat. It’s a friendly community.