Woah, who would have guessed? Kids are resourceful and can adapt?? Go figure. /s
I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
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Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#82I settled on a cheap iPhone from Walmart for son which is almost totally locked down. He can call, text, listen to music. Not much else. As my child counselor told me "you are either the jerk or the sucker" -- I choose to be a jerk.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think people use SMS and regular phone calls if they can't find you on whatsapp. Fortunately all have the "Phone" and SMS app already installed.
That situation pretty much doesn't happen, at least in the UK. Except people over 70, everyone has WhatsApp.
Sweeping generalization is sweeping. Not even 50 here.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#84Doesn't he know there are parental control apps?
(Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)
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#85Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#86Back when the Motorola razer was the most popular mobile phone on the market, my sisters boyfriend had the sweetest tiny little flash drive sized dumb phone that I still think would be awesome to own every time I go on vacation and really want to leave reddit/Facebook/Snapchat and even hackernews at home without loosing the ability to call emergency services or fellow travelers when needs arise. Sadly that market is…
There is still actually a large market for these phones in the developing world.
As long as you are looking for GSM instead of CDMA and the frequencies are correct for your country have a look on sites like AliExpress and import them directly from China.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#87Doesn't he know there are parental control apps? (Although my 10 year old figured out how to bypass those in a matter of days each time I closed the previous bypass-hole... and that was using a rooted OS I could SSH into. So maybe not so effective.)
Using parental controls is a great way to get kids to become hackers and learn to break said parental controls.
Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#88Is "burner phone" Aussie slang or something? Anyway, I like it :)
If you've never heard "burner phone" before, you probably haven't watched Breaking Bad, which was an American cultural touch-stone she mentioned, and an excellent show you'll likely enjoy (and I envy you being able to binge watch it now, instead of waiting week after week for the next episode): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad And then there's the "Breaking Phones" spin-off we really all wanted to see: http…
The Wire introduced (actually, misunderstood and propagated the misunderstanding of) the term.
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#89Re: I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Byzantines were known to take their children's phones away. Monsters, the lot of them.
I remember reading Steve Jobs was doing that to his kids. But hey, it’s the golden rule of the trade, don’t get high on your own product.
I read that Steve Ballmer was much more cruel. He forced his kids to use Windows phones.