Oh, your link is broken in the post itself I think

You have in fact condemned the project repeatedly and emphatically. But good, I’m glad you finally feel some need to walk it back.

Randomly trying to play the victim out of nowhere is laughable, however. Sober up before your next attempt to save face

You are passionate about photography, no? How can the mind of an artist produce such an inflexible condemnation as this? It’s remarkable to me

There’s a thousand different projects you could make with a toy camera. Googling for one second reveals a small community of enthusiasts for it, with videos and guides to accomplish the very thing you proclaim is impossible (improvement in general). Other people in this very post are brainstorming happily.

Should nobody ride trains because cars give you more control over your destination?

Someone is having fun, and doing so while creating content which is interesting, eye catching, nostalgic, imaginative, and visually appealing. They’re humbly asking if anyone has suggestions for improvement, and you suggest they destroy the vintage equipment that inspires them?

You should totally rethink your relationship with art. A series of modern gameboy photographs would be an incredible project

Oof I’m sorry to hear it, wishing you all the best of luck. I get super nostalgic for online spaces, the idea of getting locked out of somewhere you built memories with friends is really sad

Didn’t skype shut down just this week?

Thank you for being my friend!

Personally I have just always really liked the firefox icon

Thank you for creating video game content!

Either you drive responsibly, or you don’t drive.

And yet, despite your repeated proclamations to this effect, they continue to be allowed to drive. You say one thing, yet reality is different. Curious. How would you explain this contradiction?

I’m not saying you should be taken to prison

Just to clarify, people are taken to prison for these infractions. This is not you and I comparing hypotheticals

up to them to figure out an alternative

There are no alternatives. Our communities have been systematically ravaged by car companies. They literally paid to tear trollies out of cities and pave over the rails. Zoning laws have deliberately pushed people away from places they can work. Walking and biking is impossible. There isn’t a bus anywhere near you or your work.

We are once again not comparing hypotheticals. You’re just repeating your opinion (driving is a privilege which should be taken away from those who abuse it) without addressing the reality (driving is a necessity for most people in the US)

Well, they aren’t allowed to do it while they are in prison, right? Are you proposing people should be barred from car ownership forever after, even with a heavily limited provisional license? Are you equally motivated to extend that logic to any other type of crime?

Not to take the side of serial speeders and the like, not at all. But there’s a lot of legal and ethical context to unpack, not to mention the practicality of actually “taking away” driving from someone. We just don’t have a magic wand that solves the problem

If people drive despite not having a license then they should get their car taken away.

Yeah I mean it’s simple and it’s complicated. Like in theory if you senselessly endanger people’s lives, we keep you off the roads. Easy peasy.

But in the US driving is simply not optional in many places. It may be the only way you can get to work or medical appointments, and most places don’t have public transit set up to handle that reliably.

In fact most (all?) US states have a system in place that allows unlicensed people to drive when they absolutely need to, in some cases even young teenagers below normal driving age. It’s often personally tailored: for example, a repeat OUI offender may get documents stating they are only allowed to drive at certain times of day, to certain predefined locations, and only in a specific car that requires a breathalyzer to start.

But even in that most extreme and egregious case, after everything and even after jail time and a permanent license suspension, they still end up on the roads regularly. So in the current legal framework there really isn’t a viable mechanism to take away their car

Re: remote tracking; Based on quickly looking up the actual devices being used they do appear to collect and report telemetry, but it’s a bit muddy as they appear to be more commonly used in commercial fleets. So sure, there may be room for some doubt on the matter. Modern cars in general are more likely than not actively equipped to report your information directly to the police, so who knows, maybe the personal ISA systems themselves are designed not to bother with it after all

Per the article, it is in fact a remote tracker, which uses GPS to determine the speed limit of whatever road you’re on.

Be grateful that you dont get your driving license revoked.

Also per the article:

A federally funded study found that 75% of people with suspended licenses continued to drive.

Yeah, come to think of it, what’s up with that one anyway?