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kramerger on Aug 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, ...

This already exists and is called Windows S mode.

I wish it was more popular, but as soon as it was announced blogs like verge and Engadget started a crusade against it and more or less killed it off

vladvasiliu on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

Wasn't that much more limited than what I was arguing for? IIRC, it could only run apps from the MS Store, but it could run any app from the store.

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