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but is there any better alternative?
by est 4y ago
but is there any better alternative?
- theshrike79 4y agoActual produced content, made by professionals who don't get paid per view or swag sales. Netflix and Disney+ have good content, you pay for it and they give you content. There is no parasocial relationship or algorithmic suggestions that direct the user to a dark hole of exploitative content. Most countries have a PBS equivalent, a non-commercial public broadcast channel that produces quality content without.
- gnz11 4y agoLet’s not kid ourselves, Netflix, Amazon, etc put out a ton of crap content too (e.g. Blippi). PBS Kids, KIKA, etc put out a lot of kids content on YouTube as well. Heck there’s a ton of great public media on YouTube in general. My subscription list is mostly public media from various countries and I don’t have the algorithm issues what most are describing here.
- grugagag 4y agoMy kid had a blippi phase but has moved on now. Blippi may monkey around but it’s educative after all. There are many other inane brain melting options to avoid
- password4321 4y agoNothing is perfect. Amazon Kids+ is a huge step up from YouTube, with curation and categorized time limits. They sell Kindle Fire hardware with a year's subscription included. https://www.amazon.com/ftu/home https://www.amazon.com/ftu/home ABCmouse advertises a lot, which is inversely correlated with effectiveness in my experience. https://www.abcmouse.com https://www.abcmouse.com