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My father has completely destroyed two M1 iMac installs so far. YMMV.

He watches YT videos all day and is paranoid about everything. End game was he managed to install two different VPN packages on one install and managed to install a system cleaner on another and spend about £500 in total and end up with two non working systems and higher blood pressure.

I think at this point he needs an iPad in a rugged case with screen time turned on and all his credit cards taking away. Possibly locking his hands in a box somewhere where they can't curse anything as well.

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He needs an adblocker! Most YT adverts are designed to open the wallets of unsophisticated people, often giving them nothing good in return.

I put AdGuard on it. It’s mostly in video sponsorships (fuck you NordVPN) and I don’t think there’s an equivalent to sponsorblock for safari.

SponsorBlock for Safari exists btw, I use it. Check the App Store, though you can also compile it from scratch if you're adventurous.

I will have a go at this later. Thanks for the heads up.

What was the problem with Nord?

I think the point is more what’s the point of NordVPN?

As opposed to any other VPN?

As opposed to no VPN.

Watching region-locked content is a compelling use case.

I just don’t bother or steal it.

Another option is to pony up for youtube premium, which eliminates most ads.

Don't give people admin rights, that's madness!

Difficult not to give admin rights to someone who paid for it. I tried.

Give them a second user with a really really complex password that's written down and sealed in an envelope. On the inside of the envelope put another piece of paper that says "I told you so"

Problem self-rectified. He died this afternoon :(

I'm sorry for you loss. I wish you strength.

Thanks. Appreciated. Staring at HN for distraction.

Hugs

Thank you

This works only if you're on-call for every little thing. macOS is not Windows, running as a standard user is highly constrictive.

For someone just watching YouTube videos maybe it can work, but its also incredibly infantilizing too.

The topic of this thread is protecting the elderly from their devices. Some level of infantilising is required, unfortunately.

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