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agreed - it for sure would have been easier/cleaner/safer to just show a message that said "please play the official game on whatever.com"

axelthegerman 3y ago
This!!
amatecha 3y ago
Yeah this is actually basically what YouTube does when you embed a video and their settings don't allow embedding for that particular video. "Video unavailable - Watch on YouTube"
- extraduder_ire 3y ago
  Thank you. I've been wondering why that feature exists for years now.
  - amatecha 3y ago
    Yeah I think basically the reason is they want to show you the various ads before/after/during the video and they won't work in the embed view (just guessing)
s3p 3y ago
It is not this developer's job to parent someone's kids. It is a parent's responsibility to make sure their child only gets access to the appropriate websites when they are young.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  Counterpoint: it takes a village. You're naive if you think parents have and can keep full oversight / control over their offspring's internet usage. You can have their devices and your at home internet locked tight, but then they go to a library, they go to a friend's place, they go to school where they get a laptop or tablet and school internet access, or a friend's hotspot. You can't protect your kids from the internet, you can only warn and educate them. I'm not saying to give them unlimited access from the get go, of course not. But I'm just saying you can't stop them either.
- balls187 3y ago
  Exactly! Look, RJ Reynolds was perfectly within their rights to market cigarettes to young children, and shops were within their rights to sell to young children. It’s not their job to parent children. And if I want to open up a strip club across the street from the neighborhood public school, why should I be prevented by zoning laws? It’s not my responsibility to parent someone else's kids.
- akoboldfrying 3y ago
  So before clicking on a word game in their browser, all parents should know about the business relationship, or lack thereof, between the underlying content provider and the website running in the top-level browser frame? I want to emphasise, again, that we're talking about clicking on a word game here.

axelthegerman 3y ago

This!!

amatecha 3y ago

Yeah this is actually basically what YouTube does when you embed a video and their settings don't allow embedding for that particular video. "Video unavailable - Watch on YouTube"

extraduder_ire 3y ago
Thank you. I've been wondering why that feature exists for years now.
- amatecha 3y ago
  Yeah I think basically the reason is they want to show you the various ads before/after/during the video and they won't work in the embed view (just guessing)

s3p 3y ago

It is not this developer's job to parent someone's kids. It is a parent's responsibility to make sure their child only gets access to the appropriate websites when they are young.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago
Counterpoint: it takes a village. You're naive if you think parents have and can keep full oversight / control over their offspring's internet usage. You can have their devices and your at home internet locked tight, but then they go to a library, they go to a friend's place, they go to school where they get a laptop or tablet and school internet access, or a friend's hotspot. You can't protect your kids from the internet, you can only warn and educate them. I'm not saying to give them unlimited access from the get go, of course not. But I'm just saying you can't stop them either.
balls187 3y ago
Exactly! Look, RJ Reynolds was perfectly within their rights to market cigarettes to young children, and shops were within their rights to sell to young children. It’s not their job to parent children. And if I want to open up a strip club across the street from the neighborhood public school, why should I be prevented by zoning laws? It’s not my responsibility to parent someone else's kids.
akoboldfrying 3y ago
So before clicking on a word game in their browser, all parents should know about the business relationship, or lack thereof, between the underlying content provider and the website running in the top-level browser frame? I want to emphasise, again, that we're talking about clicking on a word game here.