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Their point is that despite being the designers of such systems, they prevent their own children from using them. Akin to a drug dealer not consuming what he se
by Pooge 10mo ago
Their point is that despite being the designers of such systems, they prevent their own children from using them. Akin to a drug dealer not consuming what he sells.
- techblueberry 10mo agoAlthough I hate social media with a passion and would be fine if the government banned it outright, I don’t think this is a fair reading. Do toy manufacturers let their kids play with their toys 24 hours a day and not go outside or do homework? Video game devs? Parents are supposed to help their kids limit their time in everything. ‘He stressed “everything in moderation”’
- OccamsMirror 10mo ago> Do toy manufacturers let their kids play with their toys 24 hours a day and not go outside or do homework? I bet toy manufacturers have never had to think: "is this toy bad for my child's development?"
- techblueberry 10mo agoReally? 10 of the worst toys for your child’s learning and development: https://ilslearningcorner.com/2018-12-learning-toys-10-of-the-worst-toys-for-your-childs-learning-development/ https://ilslearningcorner.com/2018-12-learning-toys-10-of-th... There are actually some pretty big risks especially in terms of like motor development, and considering now they’re adding a splash of AI to everything and a ton of toys have screens, well.
- IncreasePosts 10mo agoIs any YouTube bad for their child's development? Or just spending large amounts of time on it with no adult supervision?
- lesuorac 10mo agoI would expect an x-ray technician to limit their kid's time in x-rays. It doesn't mean kids should never get an x-ray. Sometimes moderation means complete abstinence but generally not.
- websiteapi 10mo agoYou cannot be serious with this comparison.
- exe34 10mo agocould you highlight what in the original article made you think they were banning their kids from social media entirely? or were you trying to explain something else?
- tsimionescu 10mo agoThe GGP, not the original article, said "they prevent [emp. mine] their kids from using them".
- hamburglar 10mo agoBreaking: Willy Wonka execs don’t let their kids eat unlimited amount of candy. See how uninteresting and obvious that is?
- tgv 10mo agoThat misses the point by a mile and a half: nobody let's their children eat unlimited amounts of chocolate. They do, however, let their children access Tiltok, Youtube, etc.
- iteria 10mo agoExcept that's not true. Plenty of parents let their kids have unlimited access to junk food and candy. Neighbor kids come over and they don't know what to do because I only have water, fruit, and pretzels. I have been to so many parent's houses who have whole pantries of just sugary snacks.
- Libidinalecon 10mo agoNo this misses the point. I wanted to eat unlimited junk food when I was a kid but my parents wouldn't let me. You can change it even to unlimited protein shakes. It is the same point. It is almost like kids are kind of stupid if you let them do whatever they want.
- conception 10mo agoOnly if your mental model equates youtube to junk food.
- pj_mukh 10mo agoPersonally haven’t met any parents who don’t know this already. The problem is childcare not knowledge.
- Thorrez 10mo ago>“We do limit their time on YouTube and other platforms and other forms of media. On weekdays we tend to be more strict, on weekends we tend to be less so. We’re not perfect by any stretch,” >He stressed “everything in moderation” is what works best for him and his wife, and that extends to other online services and platforms. >YouTube’s former CEO Susan Wojcicki, also barred her children from browsing videos on the app, unless they were using YouTube Kids. She also limited the amount of time they spent on the platform. So they're not completely banning their kids from using YouTube. The current YouTube CEO uses a time limit. The previous YouTube CEO uses a time limit and limits usage to the YouTube Kids app. Disclosure: I work at Google but not on YouTube.
- OccamsMirror 10mo agoMy kids aren’t allowed on YouTube. I run a local system that mirrors approved channels to our home server and serves them through Plex. Creators lose ad revenue; that’s unfortunate. The alternative was nonstop ads on children’s content and a recommendation system pushing garbage. That trade-off was unacceptable.
- mapontosevenths 10mo agoThose ads are optional. You can just pay for it. Its actually pretty good value for the money. Edit: I forgot to mention Family Link. Once you have a family membership (maybe even before?) You can also use Googles family link to enable a restricted mode that hides adult content for specific accounts. You actually get a pretty great experience for the whole family for about $20/month.
- HelloUsername 10mo agoThen you'd be giving money to the Google company as well. You can also look up the content creators and donate directly.
- lII1lIlI11ll 10mo ago
- IncreasePosts 10mo agoThey prevent their kids from having unlimited time with YouTube. Does YouTube ever suggest that kids should be able to use it asich as they want?