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Streaming services in particular are driving me crazy. They don't have parental controls. Not really. You can make a kids account or whatever but you can't dict

Streaming services in particular are driving me crazy. They don't have parental controls. Not really. You can make a kids account or whatever but you can't dictate what can or can't be seen. I'm at a point with streaming services -- and this stems from the 24/7, 365 on-demand access we have to television and movies today that was not reality when I was a child -- where I'm ready to cancel everything and curate my our experience for myself and my kids with a NAS and torrents. edit/ So I check Netflix to see what they offer. Viewing restrictions limits content based on parental guidelines ratings. That's really it. It's like someone else commented, it's as if these places are staffed by people who don't have children.

eru 4y ago
You can ban individual shows in kids' Netflix.
- scruple 4y ago
  I can't find it, despite trying for the last ~10 minutes. edit/ You'll have to pardon the evening Dad brain, I googled it. Thank you, kind stranger!
  - eru 4y ago
    I had to look that up on the web recently, too. To remove some shows that have recently seen heavy rotation, or are otherwise too annoying for the parents.
- wink 4y ago
  Sounds just as useless, I'd expect "allow these shows" and not "oh, I need to ban 500"
  - eru 4y ago
    Depends on your use case. We just use it to remove shows as they start to annoy us. Not to pre-emptively control what the kid watches.
    - wink 4y ago
      I see. I don't have kids but from what friends have told me, something like "only allow Peppa Pig and Sesame Street" sounds kinda useful. Guess it depends on the age.
      - eru 4y ago
        For us, it's the opposite. We specifically want to ban Peppa Pig, because that piglet is damn annoying to listen to (and mean, especially to her dad). Same goes for Cocomelon. Youtube Kids lets you set a whitelist, but I found that too much of a hassle. I don't mind if the toddler finds new things to watch. But she's also under light supervision when using the phone. (Ie in the same room, but not being constantly hovered over.)

eru 4y ago

You can ban individual shows in kids' Netflix.

scruple 4y ago
I can't find it, despite trying for the last ~10 minutes. edit/ You'll have to pardon the evening Dad brain, I googled it. Thank you, kind stranger!
- eru 4y ago
  I had to look that up on the web recently, too. To remove some shows that have recently seen heavy rotation, or are otherwise too annoying for the parents.
wink 4y ago
Sounds just as useless, I'd expect "allow these shows" and not "oh, I need to ban 500"
- eru 4y ago
  Depends on your use case. We just use it to remove shows as they start to annoy us. Not to pre-emptively control what the kid watches.
  - wink 4y ago
    I see. I don't have kids but from what friends have told me, something like "only allow Peppa Pig and Sesame Street" sounds kinda useful. Guess it depends on the age.
    - eru 4y ago
      For us, it's the opposite. We specifically want to ban Peppa Pig, because that piglet is damn annoying to listen to (and mean, especially to her dad). Same goes for Cocomelon. Youtube Kids lets you set a whitelist, but I found that too much of a hassle. I don't mind if the toddler finds new things to watch. But she's also under light supervision when using the phone. (Ie in the same room, but not being constantly hovered over.)