We're talking about children here. Their decision-making skills and understanding of consequences is by nature impaired (compared to the typical adult).
Upvoted because I see your point, although I think you’re being too harsh.
I don’t have kids, but surely you see the design flaw at play here:
I’d want to give my future kid a phone so I may connect with them at will, but at the same time a phone allows others to connect with them (giving them addictive content to serve ads for example)
An iPhone has pretty good parental controls, but when it’s time for the child to connect with their peers, the same place they connect with peers is the same place designed to exploit them, with little to no alternative.
It’s like we’ve transported our 11 year olds into digital pool halls where parent supervision is banned and the pool hall owner keeps serving them drinks
I won’t be giving my future child a phone before 13 but I have no illusions that they’ll be normal peer after not having the same access to such things.
It’s like the McDonald’s play pens all over again, but worse!
throwaway2214|2 years ago
jmoak3|2 years ago
I don’t have kids, but surely you see the design flaw at play here:
I’d want to give my future kid a phone so I may connect with them at will, but at the same time a phone allows others to connect with them (giving them addictive content to serve ads for example)
An iPhone has pretty good parental controls, but when it’s time for the child to connect with their peers, the same place they connect with peers is the same place designed to exploit them, with little to no alternative.
It’s like we’ve transported our 11 year olds into digital pool halls where parent supervision is banned and the pool hall owner keeps serving them drinks
I won’t be giving my future child a phone before 13 but I have no illusions that they’ll be normal peer after not having the same access to such things.
It’s like the McDonald’s play pens all over again, but worse!