Anyone else who would be uncomfortable opting your child into location, behavior and health surveillance by the world's largest advertising company?
Google releases smart watch for kids
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#12This is one good product.
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#13When I was a kid I wanted a slick James Bond style smartwatch that had lasers, tools, and other badass capabilities, not this baby-ified fitness tracker.
As soon as you invent the In Live and Let Die watch that deflects bullets with magnets or something, I'll buy one for my kids as long as you leave out the buzzsaw.
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#14Anyone else who would be uncomfortable opting your child into location, behavior and health surveillance by the world's largest advertising company?
No. Because I'm not a loser with irrational paranoia and hatred towards corporations undermining my own ability to live a happy, productive life
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#15Smartwatches may be an overlooked answer to the kid phone conundrum. Watches have the communication and location tracking that parents demand without the distraction of phones.
100%. My kid is not getting a smartphone until he's ~16 but we're looking at a restricted smart watch right now
(a flip phone would also be acceptable but a watch is physically attached which is ideal for 7 year old).
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also for adults, it's a much less intrusive technology.
I'm not sure I agree with less intrusive. Having a tracker attached to your body that can notify you of anything it wants is very intrusive. It is, however, seemingly less addictive in some capacities. No doom scrolling, etc.
I think it's much less addictive. And if you only allow very urgent notifications, it's almost like a plain watch.
Whereas on a phone, the temptation to open apps to do things is always there.
It's almost like comparing an eink device with a regular tablet.
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#17Smartwatches may be an overlooked answer to the kid phone conundrum. Watches have the communication and location tracking that parents demand without the distraction of phones.
Not specifically made for kids, but see “family setup” for the Apple Watch also
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#18Anyone else who would be uncomfortable opting your child into location, behavior and health surveillance by the world's largest advertising company?
Apple Watch exists if that's what you want.
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#19When I was a kid I wanted a slick James Bond style smartwatch that had lasers, tools, and other badass capabilities, not this baby-ified fitness tracker.
If it had an IR emitter and camera in the right place, one could play laser-[watch-]tag, although the classic cheat of obstructing the sensor would still exist.
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#20This is about the same price as the Apple Watch SE w/ LTE -- seems tough for Google to compete with an established, reliable alternative at the same price point.