XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On 3 Feb 2026 15:42:46 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   wrote:   
      
   >Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:   
   >> On 2/2/2026 12:24 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >    I normally also object to back-dating the use of the term 'app' by   
   >> > several decades, but if you substitute 'app' by 'program' (or   
   >> > 'application', etc.), then for all intents and purposes, for the user,   
   >> > Usenet *was* a program, which read/posted articles from/to the *local*   
   >> > 'spool'. A client program, reading/posting directly from/to a remote   
   >> > news server came only much later. Remember, NetNews/Usenet *predates*   
   >> > the Internet by quite a number of years.   
   >>   
   >> I disagree! Usenet is a service network, in which apps and programs like   
   >> newsreaders can use it. Usenet itself is NOT an app nor a program.   
   >   
   >  Nitpicking! :-) Note that I said "for the user".   
   >   
   >  Any definition/explanation can - and probably will be - debated. For   
   >me, "service network" it quite meaningless, *what* kind of service?   
   >"communication network" isn't much better.   
      
   The question is not what any of us think, but just what it is that   
   Australian and other laws prohibit persons of certain ages from   
   accessing.   
      
   Prohibiting apps, like web browsers, would cut them off from a great   
   deal more than social media.   
      
      
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