It’s not that they basically don’t work, they pretty much don’t work full stop. Most of my experience with them was in ios 12 but even in 16 they’re still crap
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sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 months agoOur experience was that iPhone parental controls are broken beyond belief. They basically don’t work. Searching online I’m not the only one with that problem. Maybe it’s better on Android.
jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 8 months ago
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 months ago
And Apple know, of course they do. But there isn’t any profit in letting anyone use your phone less.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 8 months ago
On Android, I'm using Google Family Link. Pretty much locks down and takes control of the entire phone and let's you manage it all remotely, it's akin to attaching a Windows computer to a managed Active Directory domain.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 8 months ago
Screen Time on iOS is proper road kill. It’s not clear, it’s slow to update and it does not obey screen time restrictions.
suzune@ani.social 8 months ago
Yes, I use family link, too. The only annoying thing are general age restrictions. I am the parent and I need Element.IO for my kids that is rated 18. It doesn’t let me install it, even when it’s our private chat server. Fuck those people who make decisions for parents.