Apple shareholders push for study of phone addiction in children

Post by mistercow » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 2:47 AM UTC

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #29

I think it's worth taking a look at the parental controls that Nintendo put in for the Switch. They have a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03bAayBtcb0 I think it's worth watching, if for no other reason than to see Bowser & Bowser Jr.. iOS app link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1190074407 Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.z... For me, the only annoyance is th…

Post by FussyZeus » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

ModernMech wrote: post #38

dragonsky67 wrote: post #10

1950's Can we have a study of Comic Book addiction in Children. 1960's Can we have a study of Television addiction in Children. 1970's Can we have a study of Dungeons and Dragons addiction in children 1980's Can we have a study of Console game addiction in Children. 1990's Can we have a study of Computer game addiction in Children. 2000's Can we have a study of Internet addiction in Children. 2010's Can we have a stu…

I've seen versions of several of these ruin people's lives very close to me. For example, I knew someone who played WOW to the detriment of his schooling, health, and social life. WOW is another product that is explicitly engineered to be addictive. The difference between then and now is cell phones and social media are consumed at a scale that affects almost everyone, to a degree that hasn't been seen before. It's w…

Post by mistercow » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 2:51 AM UTC

musage wrote: post #39

CamperBob2 wrote: post #18

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Sorry, would vouch but looks like I've lost the ability. This is a valid opinion, backed by citing decades of various pointless moral panics, and should not have been flagged.

What opinion is expressed here? There's a vague implication of "this is unfounded" they cannot even be bothered to put in clear words, much less make a case for, while trying to make up for that by repetition. So it's not okay to "think of the children", ever, but let's play good Samaritan for what is nothing more than a meme because it's a "valid opinion". Got it.

Post by seanmcdirmid » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 2:59 AM UTC

mistercow wrote: post #41

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #29

I think it's worth taking a look at the parental controls that Nintendo put in for the Switch. They have a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03bAayBtcb0 I think it's worth watching, if for no other reason than to see Bowser & Bowser Jr.. iOS app link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1190074407 Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.z... For me, the only annoyance is th…

While there are obvious concerns about the effects of spending too much time playing video games, it doesn't seem like people are focusing much on the possible psychological impact of the kind of surveillance that modern technology affords parents. Kids need some privacy to explore and express themselves, and I'm worried that as we try to let parents take their natural risk aversion to further and further extremes, w…

Post by ceejayoz » Mon, Jan 08, 2018, 3:06 AM UTC

zpvxdlk wrote: post #26

geofft wrote: post #20

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I have yet to see a use of "virtue signaling" that usefully distinguishes it from "believing that certain things are good and certain things are bad, and publicly saying as much, and advocating for a society that supports the good things and not the bad things," something that every generation in humanity has considered essential (and something that has traditionally been a thing conservatives have accused liberals o…

Virtue signaling is used when someone (in this case Apple) is just trying to _look_ like they care. As the primary drivers of iPhone addiction, it is easy to assume that they are only doing this study as PR