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Unrelated but I like to raise it when I see it. I used to love Disney+ because it was a fairly safe selection of content for children. Netflix pushes a lot of b
by infecto 1y ago
Unrelated but I like to raise it when I see it. I used to love Disney+ because it was a fairly safe selection of content for children. Netflix pushes a lot of brain rot like cocomelon but Disney had the classics and other calm shows. Sadly I just see lots of blippi now and not only is he pure brain rot for kids, it’s hard to let my kids even think of watching know that he used to film shock videos like him being naked with another dude pooping all over him.
Edit: All/most of the streaming services make it impossible to opt in to shows. It’s either super clunky or they make decisions for you based on age. I find it’s easier to load up what I want in plex and use that as our digital shelf of DVDs.
- bartread 1y agoAmazon will let you filter out individual shows but, yeah, it’s clunky. Overall I do object to content providers pushing the responsibility for vetting content onto parents. Especially when one considers that, in the UK at least, broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV, are required to do this themselves for both broadcast and streaming, and for broadcast operate a 9pm watershed for content suitable only for adults[0], whereas streaming services charge higher and higher subscription fees and simply don’t bother. Rude. [0] You can of course still choose to allow your kids access to this content but you effectively have to opt in rather than opting out.
- infecto 1y agoAgree. Most of the ones I have tried have felt extremely clunky to the point it felt easier building a local collection via plex. It’s an unfortunate after thought. I don’t want my kids to shun technology but I also don’t want them to be taken by an algorithm.