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One that really annoys me is inability to monitor/control my kid's device useage and time limits.
by fluidcruft 2y ago
One that really annoys me is inability to monitor/control my kid's device useage and time limits.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- turtlebits 2y ago[flagged]
- fluidcruft 2y agoUnless you are arguing that the feature should be removed from iOS and macOS devices, it is entirely a technical issue. Me preferring to use an Android device rather than an iPhone is not a parenting issue.
- amit9gupta 2y agoPossible in the apple ecosystem. If the kids are part of a "familly", you can monitor / control using Parental Controls accessed from your iPhone > Settings > Screen Time. Also checkout firewalla https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008214094-Activity-and-Parental-Control https://help.firewalla.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008214094-Ac...
- alwa 2y agoIt sounds like the gp’s objection might be that they’d like for their children to use iPhone and its parental controls, but they themselves would prefer to use other platforms to manage the supervision features. As far as I know, you do in fact have to be within the apple ecosystem to manage the ScreenTime features as you suggest. Firewalla looks really thoughtfully designed! I’m glad to be aware of it.
- fluidcruft 2y agoI actually have Firewalla (it's great!). But it's only helpful when a kid's phone is connected to the network itself (which they can escape easily by disconnecting from wifi). The native stuff works on all networks.
- adolph 2y agoI’ve been assessing this. Is it possible to MDM-install a VPN to the home network so the same policies are enforced?
- cjrp 2y agoI’ve always thought their implementation of this is pretty poor. Lots of granular options but it’s difficult to cover all bases.