For the land of the free, America sure does have some weirdly authoritarian laws, many of them relating to alcohol!

It's only just been legalized here in Canada as part of a pilot project this year:

https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-news/newsroom/city-lists...

In Vancouver since 2023.

It makes sense when you think it was colonized by puritans.

Are you taking into account the biggest drain on young people's finances, accommodation? I would be amazed if young people today had as much disposable income as they did 20 or 30 years ago.

Yeah I'm taking that into account

I haven't investigated the site because I don't want to cry right now, but I think it's a great idea! A good cry can be cathartic, and once a week sounds about perfect. I have a 'songs to cry to' Spotify playlist for precisely this reason.

Thank you! Come back when you're ready :)

Even a very 'light' definition would catch YouTube, I'm convinced of this. The UK's definition is—broadly—any site that a user can take an action on that would affect other users. This would definitely catch a forum like HN, any site with comments, etc. Personally, I feel that, combined with draconian identity requirements, that goes way too far, but I think I'd struggle to draw a line that better fits the alleged intent of these political moves.

Whitelisting—and more user control in general—seems like such a valuable feature, that they could probably charge for it. Heck, I'd pay $10 a year if I could just customise certain aspects of YouTube and remove all the ads and suggested content.

Whether this is viable or not, I don't know. I'm not sure what the average take per person is from the current model.

I would want an assurance that I won't be fined £18m that's slightly stronger than "it's unlikely".

Why would you be fined at all?

At some point this line of thinking is like refusing to drive because driving a car is risking unlimited fines and years in jail... In fact driving a car is probably riskier that ignoring this law if you're not in the UK.

I am in exactly the same Farage-wise. I think he is a vile human being, but equating him with Savile is the worst kind of gutter politics, the kind I never thought we would see in the UK. I now resent this Labour government even more, for making me feel sympathetic towards Farage.

That caveat sounds incredibly vague and subjective. It doesn't appear to make it impossible for Ofcom to levy a fine of £18m at a free hobbyist site that has a forum. Taken to its limits, this Act makes big, bug chunks of the internet inaccessible to UK citizens.

… of course it’s vague and subjective, that’s every act of every parliament ever, especially those that will never, ever, bother to actually write down the constitution they’re supposedly bound by.

As a resident of the UK... I agree. This is probably the best option.

Just for the benefit of those unfamiliar with UK politics: "most" is a bit misleading here, even though it's technically true. Reform has 4 MPs (out of 650).

Wow, so they've lost 40% of the original lot which were elected last year. But for some reason the press seems to think they're the official opposition.

They have the same number of MPs as the Green party, fewer than the DUP, half the SNP, and about 1/20th of the Lib Dems.

I note 75% of them didn't bother turning up to work, I'm shocked one did.