Don't pin NotebookLM for family link supervised users [chromium/src : main]

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Tomek Jurkiewicz . unresolved

Hey,

I'm unsure if we should move forward with this for two reasons: one logical, and one technical.

The logical reason is whether really all Family Link users, including eg. Geller ones, should not be able to use notebook LM. From the bug description it is not clear if notebook LM is not working for all types of Family Link users, or only some.

Your have some alternatives: the best is to use some capability (see [example capability](https://g3doc.corp.google.com/identity/accountcapabilities/definitions/chrome/canusegeminiinchrome/README.md?cl=head) - but you probably shouldn't use this specific one).

The other alternative comes from the technical aspect: indeed, kSupervisedUserId checks if the user is Family Link, but it's not a good idea to gate all possible features behind one pref. Maybe you should create your own preference, which is just enabled alongside kSupervisedUserId?

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Tomek Jurkiewicz . unresolved

Hey,
I'm unsure if we should move forward with this for two reasons: one logical, and one technical.
The logical reason is whether really all Family Link users, including eg. Geller ones, should not be able to use notebook LM. From the bug description it is not clear if notebook LM is not working for all types of Family Link users, or only some.
Your have some alternatives: the best is to use some capability (see [example capability](https://g3doc.corp.google.com/identity/accountcapabilities/definitions/chrome/canusegeminiinchrome/README.md?cl=head) - but you probably shouldn't use this specific one).
The other alternative comes from the technical aspect: indeed, kSupervisedUserId checks if the user is Family Link, but it's not a good idea to gate all possible features behind one pref. Maybe you should create your own preference, which is just enabled alongside kSupervisedUserId?

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+1: this check should be based on a new Account Capability which accurately reflects "is this account eligible for NotebookLM".

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