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Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families

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Re: Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families

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post #25

I'm wondering if there is any protection to changing the google account and/or resetting the phone by the child. My daughter got as far as reinstalling MacOS to get around parental controls, at which point I gave up trying to use software to limit her screen time.

The Force is strong in your daughter.

Re: Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families

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Safer for families? How about not advertising to children whose decision making process is very much compromised, in not being formed yet? Any attempt to claim they are making things "safer" is simply lip service to a cause that they, by design, are not in favour of. My children will not be watching commercial TV nor having access to "smart" devices unless things radically change (and hopefully I can stick to it).

Re: Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, yes, they say that, but there's plenty of videos(on YouTube, lol) showing how to get to child-inappropriate videos on YouTube Kids(Jake Paul videos for instance, they don't show if you search for Jake Paul but there are other terms you can search for and they will show up).

And physically[0], Jake Paul is not a child, further debunking the post I was replying to initially. [0]: I'm sure there's a ton of controversy because this is the internet and that's what you people do for a living, so I'm sure I'll get some posts claiming he's as mature as a 5 year old or whatever. But Google says born in 1997, which I'm sorry to tell you means he's not a child.

Jake Paul is mature, FOR a 5 year old.

Re: Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families

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post #25

I'm wondering if there is any protection to changing the google account and/or resetting the phone by the child. My daughter got as far as reinstalling MacOS to get around parental controls, at which point I gave up trying to use software to limit her screen time.

How old was your daughter? In my mind parental controls are never going to be effective past ~9 years old.

She was 14 at the time but she had restrictions because she was preparing for the high-school entrance exam which is quite tough.
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