I personally think you should just allow cookies indefinitely. There are honestly so many bigger risks from phishing and other forms of social engineering that as long as your family isn't leaving their computer unlocked in a public place, I wouldn't say there's really too much of a risk in leaving cookies enabled.
I apologize that this doesn't exactly answer your question, but I'd like to suggest an alternative. I'd like to also ask, is your family using a password manager by any chance? And if so, are they making use of passkeys on supported websites. Many modern websites, including Google and Facebook, support them. And they require virtually no interaction aside from unlocking the password manager. It's still a form of two-factor authentication, but it's far more convenient than anything out there.
I also don't really think you should try to force Linux on people who aren't particularly comfortable or familiar using it.
I worry they'll get frustrated to the point that they'll go out and splurge on new macbook air when they already have a perfectly functional laptop with functional OS.
If you're worried that they're going to go and do that, then Linux might not serve their needs. Linux might be a fully functional desktop system, but it's also one that isn't an out of the box experience either. There's certainly been a lot of improvements, But I don't think that any Linux Desktop Environment is ever going to reach the same level of intuitiveness as something like Windows or macOS. I would certainly love to see it that way. But I think it's just an issue of the people who actually use it.
I understand looking out for family and ensuring they don't spend excess amounts of money. But you also shouldn't take it upon yourself to try and dictate how your family uses the computer either. Linux wasn't built as a commercially supported desktop operating system with years of full-time researchers studying topics surrounding human computer interaction with a multi-million dollar budget. It was built to be a free as in freedom alternative to the mainstream systems that are available (I personally call it "The problem solving platform" for this reason) by a loose knit group of volunteers who love computers and know a lot about them. Most people who use a computer use them to do work, and not really for promoting a personal agenda.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't try to get your family members to use Linux, I'm just saying that you shouldn't force them. You should put their best interests first that can help them.
I'm sorry to go on such a long rant about this. I just see a lot of people who I believe to vastly overestimate the willingness of others in certain places. And the whole part of "worrying about someone spending their own money" just kind of struck a red flag to me.
Side note though, do people here actually read the articles here? It's pretty obvious this would be a part of FMD. iPhone has already been doing this for years
Last time I checked, free software respecting your freedom was about giving you the ability to redistribute it and do what you wanted with it. It wasn't about guaranteeing compatibility
Honestly, I only really want to use the pixel launcher at this point because it feels like several things have broke because of me using a third party launcher. Especially on my pixel tablet with its custom taskbar.
I would personally say that if you want to do work on a tablet, the pixel tablet isn't good for you. But I own one, and I personally like it. Personally switched from an iPad mini 6th generation. Wish there was more drawing apps and better support them with USI.
It's not like one of Samsung's higher end tablets, but it's also not like one of their cheap budget ones either that barely run the software given to them. It's pretty much like the pixel phone and falls into the category of "good enough/acceptable". Yeah there's definitely better hardware out there, but it's the software that is what makes it a decent tablet. A higher end model with stuff like a better refresh rate would be nice, but it's not a requirement for me personally.
It's a bit gimmicky, but I do like the hub mode of the tablet that's engaged through the dock. It's nice that the tablet can do something at all times even when it's just changing.
My only real complaints about the tablet are the poor keyboard and mouse support (though that's more of a problem on app developers), the fact the dock doesn't do much. And I've also noticed quite a few problems using other launchers with it (probably because the taskbar is very heavily tied to the pixel launcher).
So many of these comments are pulling up the other encrypted alternatives that you can use between iPhone and other platforms. But few seem to actually be addressing the problem of actually getting other non-tech savvy people to use this stuff because they don't actually see a problem with what they have.
You may not realize it, but not everyone is thinking about whether or not their messages are encrypted. My own family looks at me like "🤨" when I try to convince them to use something encrypted, like I'm trying to hide a crime or something. And I've only gotten my parents to use other services (WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger with end to encryption turned on) by digging my heels to get them to stop using SMS. I still haven't convinced my almost 16-year-old sister (she doesn't really message me that much anyway. But she's in that phase where she thinks she's all independent, and her first places are the simple stuff she knows).
Might I add that digging your heels at every attempt for someone to use SMS isn't socially acceptable. I've only done it because they're family and I love them
I hope this means that notifications on iOS will actually use the conversations API. As well as making it so that using one of these shortcuts on the app icon no longer takes you to a random message
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That. Is the goofiest system I have ever seen