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Because the social media companies are? I wonder if there would be a noticeable increase in VPN adoption if there were strictly enforced age restrictions target
by fkyoureadthedoc 2y ago
Because the social media companies are? I wonder if there would be a noticeable increase in VPN adoption if there were strictly enforced age restrictions targeting the US only. There certainly has been an uptick in VPN literacy among people I know after PornHub blocked my state...
- llamaimperative 2y agoA solution doesn’t need to be bulletproof to have a meaningful and worthwhile effect. How often do you see 14 year olds joyriding cars?
- ceejayoz 2y agoHow often do you see 14 year olds evading internet restrictions? (Allllll the time. My kids figured out how to bypass the pihole within a day, without even knowing I’d installed it.)
- llamaimperative 2y agoIt’s almost like the most important stakeholders have no interest in preventing them from evading those restrictions…
- ceejayoz 2y agoWe have some fairly strict rules on devices - it’s not a lack of will. Same for the school; they don’t want kids YouTubing in class, but “a laptop for everyone” is the standard now, the teachers do a lot on Teams, etc. Kids are smart and motivated, and they share techniques. They find ways.
- llamaimperative 2y agoThe key stakeholders here are the services themselves. If they placed “keep children off the network” anywhere near “keep growing DAU” on their list of priorities, all those highly paid engineers (likewise smart and motivated) would find ways too.
- ceejayoz 2y agoI’m a deeply technical well-motivated person who works with stuff like DNS and VPNs for a job and I find it quite challenging, despite physical access to the devices and the users.
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- llamaimperative 2y agoYet somehow these platforms figure out how to reliably market kid stuff to kids, and adult stuff to adults.
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe piss-poor relevance of my Facebook ads and recommendations is a pretty clear counterpoint to this idea.
- llamaimperative 2y agoThe revenue of Facebook is a pretty clear counterpoint to this counterpoint.
- ceejayoz 2y agoSure, just like the Twilight novels are empirically good writing because they sold a lot of copies.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoUse a firewall and/or screen time, aka whitelist. Yes, it really sucks for a few days, but then it gets easier.