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However, I must admit it did look pretty cool as-is.
Yes. I use Google Chrome and I use the StayFocusd App thingy as a bit of a crutch ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfm... ).
It keeps a timer of flagged sites you browse (HN) and when your time is up, you can't browse ANY flagged sites.
For me, it makes taking 5 to 10 minute breaks fun and valuable. Trying to spread an hour of browsing time across 8-10 hours is a great challenge.
Someone who desires to keep track of a user's key strokes, for example a corporation. This is coming from someone who consents to monitoring every day.
While I agree it is not good for the singular, non-ignorant person, I'm sure there's a massive market for "Corporate Consumers" who'd like to save a buck instead of spending effort configuring a system.
About having the capability of auditing, I suppose it saves production costs to have one laptop with a switch, as opposed to two laptops with slight hardware or software differences.