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The problem is with government mandates. Apple and Google already ship OSes with comprehensive APIs and parental controls. There's not even any porn on the iOS
by ronsor 6mo ago
The problem is with government mandates.
Apple and Google already ship OSes with comprehensive APIs and parental controls. There's not even any porn on the iOS App Store by policy.
Creating liability for random OS and app developers is absurd, and foreign porn websites aren't going to comply with this anyway.
- Random_BSD_Geek 6mo agoThis. If your child needs a helmet to use the internet, as the politicians announcing HR8250 seem to think[1], Apple or whomever is free to offer that as a feature. There is no need for this to be legislated, especially when the legislation does not work in open source environments. [1] Not hyperbole. They said that. It was an analogy, but one that highlights how ignorant of the technology the authors of these bills are.
- deaux 6mo agoReddit and X are on the stores. I guess browsers are on the stores, at least on Android where they aren't necessarily Safari reskins.
- kcb 6mo agoYou can just configure the device to not give the child the ability to download apps without approval.