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This sounds like a bad excuse to collect data on children using Android. "We need to feed your emails to our ad systems so we can give you better ads!" "We ne
by cryptarch 10y ago
This sounds like a bad excuse to collect data on children using Android.
"We need to feed your emails to our ad systems so we can give you better ads!"
"We need to know the engagement metrics for children specifically so we can better target them and do it in a way that is not displeasing to and counteracted by parents!"
- viraptor 10y agoNot sure what it changes, since this data is already available to them. What they change is making it also available to parents. The second point is weird, because Google provides only the basic apps. It's the third parties that would be interested in engagement metrics. And again - they already have access to them.
- cryptarch 10y agoGoogle owns YouTube and Gmail, both of which are oft used by children and adults alike. This adds new data, because now a parent-child link is established, and the user's "child-status"/age is confirmed by the parent using this tool on them.
- viraptor 10y agoAre you trying to say YouTube can't identify children based on their video history? It's be surprised if they didn't already have an excellent estimation of child/parent split. We're taking about a company specialising in targeting user groups. Sure, there's going to be that one adult guy who does enjoy listening to the same Frozen song 5 times a day, but that's an acceptable anomaly.