Post #117888
2026-01-07 21:41 UTC
Replies (6)
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@TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2026-01-08 03:14
Parental Controls are a marketing gimmick. Did you know that you can’t stop strangers on Roblox from sending your kid friend requests? And you can’t delete them from your child’s account. Just block them entirely. On PlayStation you can’t approve communication features with just friends. If you have it turned on so they can chat in game with their cousin, then strangers can send unsolicited voice calls to them. Children should not be on internet connected devices unless you are willing to monitor their usage 100% of the time or are willing to hope and pray you’ve taught them enough about the danger and risks (and even if you have, they aren’t developed enough to understand them anyway)
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@sbv@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-07 22:39
Dude is right: parental controls suck. I suspect that's because they kind of take a back seat in most purchasing decisions. Of the various platforms I've enabled parental controls on (Apple, Nintendo, Android, Xbox, Epic, Roblox), I've found Epic's to be the most straightforward. It'd be nice if there was a mandated API that any kid-platform had to support, and a nice simple app to control it.
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@sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-07 21:57
Well there wouldn’t be reasons to constantly scream >what about the children< while trying to push surveillance if that shit worked correctly.
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@pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-07 22:34
Damn dude, what a shit show
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@BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2026-01-07 21:58
They do this to obfuscate and to control people. They want you to not read the terms of service and to give them unfettered access to your personal information and that of your children by making it difficult to understand and make the appropriate choices.
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@jaselle@lemmy.ca 2026-01-08 20:31
Parental Controls being hard/impossible to configure is something that needs to be resolved, lest we continue to get people advocating for website-side age-verification.