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I find this a strange thing to be annoyed by, strange to the point of novelty. Perhaps the kids mode needs to be easily accessible and prominent, because it mi

I find this a strange thing to be annoyed by, strange to the point of novelty. Perhaps the kids mode needs to be easily accessible and prominent, because it might need to be used by kids? Maybe it’s good design to have it available on the very first screen. It’s also distasteful to borrow trauma from others to justify personal preferences. Don’t speak for people who have experienced extreme tragedy as a way of reinforcing an argument. It’s weird.

globalnode 2y ago
Hes just asking for an opt out since its not important to him and hes giving an example of what he thinks might be more supporting evidence for why its important to have options :)
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snmx999 2y ago
Imagine that instead of a forced "Children" account your Netflix would show an account "Thomas" (or any other name which is not yours or your family members') you cannot get rid of. Would that not annoy you one bit? And if not, you cannot emphasize with people who are annoyed by that?
- klodolph 2y ago
  “Children” -> Easy to understand the benefit. ~40% of households have children. Some households which do not have children will have children visiting at times. People taking care of children have an obvious and clear interest in wanting to provide entertainment at an appropriate age level. “Thomas” -> ??? Who came up with this idea? This is an awful idea. It doesn’t make any sense. We can empathize with people, but ultimately, we don’t have to agree with their complaints. If you have 300 million customers, there’s no one set of UI choices that annoys nobody. The current UI seems to annoy a very small number of people and, in turn, benefits a very large number of people. Needs of the many, and whatnot. I could equally be annoyed by wheelchair ramps. They’re an annoyance to me, but I recognize that they’re very useful to others.
oezi 2y ago
I would argue that the whole Netflix profile system is rather broken. As my kids are growing up, the kids mode makes less and less sense. We would like to watch family friendly movies but not stuff for very small children. Using your own profile for this makes the recommendations become out of whack quickly.
- watwut 2y ago
  Then watch family friendly movies from the kids profile. That being said, we watch family things from adult account and recommendation are not really out of whack. It is jus that family friendly stuff appears in them.
  - valiant55 2y ago
    The Disney+ kids account doesn't have Lion King (animated) the last time I checked and I've run into similar issues on Netflix.
- mingus88 2y ago
  Create a profile and only watch family movies on it
jmye 2y ago
> I find this a strange thing to be annoyed by, strange to the point of novelty. Do you find all personalization configuration “strange to the point of novelty”? Your second paragraph is irrelevant - all of those things could be true, but have absolutely nothing to do with it being a perpetual, unremovable item on the screen. I think this was clearly addressed in the article, so it seems odd to try to relitigate it while adding absolutely nothing to the discussion.

globalnode 2y ago

Hes just asking for an opt out since its not important to him and hes giving an example of what he thinks might be more supporting evidence for why its important to have options :)

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snmx999 2y ago

Imagine that instead of a forced "Children" account your Netflix would show an account "Thomas" (or any other name which is not yours or your family members') you cannot get rid of. Would that not annoy you one bit? And if not, you cannot emphasize with people who are annoyed by that?

klodolph 2y ago
“Children” -> Easy to understand the benefit. ~40% of households have children. Some households which do not have children will have children visiting at times. People taking care of children have an obvious and clear interest in wanting to provide entertainment at an appropriate age level. “Thomas” -> ??? Who came up with this idea? This is an awful idea. It doesn’t make any sense. We can empathize with people, but ultimately, we don’t have to agree with their complaints. If you have 300 million customers, there’s no one set of UI choices that annoys nobody. The current UI seems to annoy a very small number of people and, in turn, benefits a very large number of people. Needs of the many, and whatnot. I could equally be annoyed by wheelchair ramps. They’re an annoyance to me, but I recognize that they’re very useful to others.

oezi 2y ago

I would argue that the whole Netflix profile system is rather broken. As my kids are growing up, the kids mode makes less and less sense. We would like to watch family friendly movies but not stuff for very small children. Using your own profile for this makes the recommendations become out of whack quickly.

watwut 2y ago
Then watch family friendly movies from the kids profile. That being said, we watch family things from adult account and recommendation are not really out of whack. It is jus that family friendly stuff appears in them.
- valiant55 2y ago
  The Disney+ kids account doesn't have Lion King (animated) the last time I checked and I've run into similar issues on Netflix.
mingus88 2y ago
Create a profile and only watch family movies on it

jmye 2y ago

> I find this a strange thing to be annoyed by, strange to the point of novelty. Do you find all personalization configuration “strange to the point of novelty”? Your second paragraph is irrelevant - all of those things could be true, but have absolutely nothing to do with it being a perpetual, unremovable item on the screen. I think this was clearly addressed in the article, so it seems odd to try to relitigate it while adding absolutely nothing to the discussion.