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Screen Time on macOS is super broken it's insane. The "ask for permission" prompt when visiting a blocked website predates HTML5, and the web restrictions have

Screen Time on macOS is super broken it's insane. The "ask for permission" prompt when visiting a blocked website predates HTML5, and the web restrictions have a tendency to "fail open" after a few hours allowing everything to pass through. If you choose the approved-site-only option for a younger child, you'll get popups galore from the built-in apps phoning home and have to approve them all manually. I gave up fighting it and had to buy a 3rd-party solution because what's the point of a parental control that randomly stops working? Fix it Apple, I beg you.

nojito 4y ago
https://www.apple.com/feedback/ https://www.apple.com/feedback/
- Y-bar 4y ago
  You're posting that link without comment, as if we haven't used that through the years and from experience noticed that nothing ever happens with bugs, requests, and such submitted through that form.
  - nojito 4y ago
    Nope. Same reason why people post long detailed complaint comments on social media without submitting pull requests to open-source projects. People are lazy. It's much easier to use social media than it is to share feedback or submit pull requests.
    - eropple 4y ago
      Almost anyone who ever filed a Radar is pinching the bridge of their nose right now.
    - lostgame 4y ago
      You've clearly never had the displeasure of filing a Radar report. It's about as effective to write the report on paper and light it on fire - the chance of it getting actually addressed is about the same.
  - adolph 4y ago
    Totally. If I can’t fix it myself it won’t be fixed by big corp whether Apple, Google whoever. Just upgrade as slowly as possible to avoid more broken garbage.
thekiptxt 4y ago
And on iOS, _every single time_ I share a link from HN, that website persists in screen time. E.g. if I were to share the link to TFA in WhatsApp, my screen time tomorrow would say “21 hours on apple.com” Only clearing browser data fixes this. It’s absurd.

nojito 4y ago

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Y-bar 4y ago
You're posting that link without comment, as if we haven't used that through the years and from experience noticed that nothing ever happens with bugs, requests, and such submitted through that form.
- nojito 4y ago
  Nope. Same reason why people post long detailed complaint comments on social media without submitting pull requests to open-source projects. People are lazy. It's much easier to use social media than it is to share feedback or submit pull requests.
  - eropple 4y ago
    Almost anyone who ever filed a Radar is pinching the bridge of their nose right now.
  - lostgame 4y ago
    You've clearly never had the displeasure of filing a Radar report. It's about as effective to write the report on paper and light it on fire - the chance of it getting actually addressed is about the same.
- adolph 4y ago
  Totally. If I can’t fix it myself it won’t be fixed by big corp whether Apple, Google whoever. Just upgrade as slowly as possible to avoid more broken garbage.

thekiptxt 4y ago

And on iOS, _every single time_ I share a link from HN, that website persists in screen time. E.g. if I were to share the link to TFA in WhatsApp, my screen time tomorrow would say “21 hours on apple.com” Only clearing browser data fixes this. It’s absurd.