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I didn’t know auto answer was a thing until now
It’s great, but there’s really no way that I’ve figured out for granular control. So it’ll just auto-answer everyone. I forgot to turn it off and it auto-answered an AI spam bot and apparently they had a 10m conversation with my TV yesterday.
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And I've been where the Americans had some friends over from the US, and the 11/12 year olds grabbed some rifles and said they'd be back tomorrow. The Americans barely noticed, the Europeans flipped. America is big, and parts of it can be very different.
One 11 year old with a rifle is probably fine, but two with rifles is just asking for trouble haha
I keep observing that accessibility features often contain the tools we need to make our devices and apps more humane. This is one area that video games have been way ahead on.
Videogames are generally lagging WAY behind the rest of software. I've worked professionally in accessibility and in AAA game studios. There's a lot of movement in games over the past 5-10 years, so there's a lot more visibility into a11y there, but in general that industry still has catching up to do. What you are seeing is higher interest and velocity there, and given some time they'll definitely catch up with the…
> My son only gets Calls, Messages, Maps, Camera (so we can video call, but I've ruthlessly turned off selfies), Photos, and Music. Nothing else. I get that the internet is an addictive scary place with lots of content potentially dangerous to a young person. But why would you care if your child took a selfie? That seems pretty draconian.
Wait, not being able to make a picture of yourself is pretty draconian ? In this case, the world before smartphones was a living Hell on Earth.
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When I was a kid my parents wouldn’t give me a cellphone. I wanted to call my girlfriend. Well, really, my girlfriend wanted me to call her. A lot. They didn’t give me one. I ended up finding a way to get my own through a more apathetic adult who I could pay cash to cover my bill (only an extra $10/month on a family plan). I certainly am not telling you to just cave in, but perhaps this story can be a reminder that t…
My comment got a lot of traction but for context my kids are early in elementary school, far from their teenage years. The intention of the iPad was to watch some educational videos, check out books, magazines from the library. They still have occasional access but only with direct active supervision (i.e we are next to them vs we are making dinner). As they get older, we will revisit.
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This iOS feature isn’t only about locking out users from some features/apps. It turns a complicated phone into a much more simple one. Both kids and the elderly can benefit from it. My only issue is that the was only introduced in 2024, so older iPhones can’t benefit.
It was introduced in iOS 18, which is installable back to iPhone Xs (2018). So 8 years of devices have that setting.