Sorry, this won't answer your question, but I would just let them use what they want. Unless they were interested in it originally, they will just resent you if anything goes wrong or if they have any trouble.
The thing is, the kid has started realizing the data collection that's going on and it's interested in switching. That's the only reason I'm genuinely pursuing this.
Okay, that makes much more sense if it's the kid's initiative.
Yeah they were talking about a game and then started getting ads for that game. Classic start to the story lol
How old is the kid?
I disagree. A human Brain is fully grown by the age of 22.
Until then it is the parents duty to make sure they don't get addicted to anything, including phones.
So you think that parental controls should be in place until the age of 22?
It's difficult to generalize, but at least screentime-monitoring should be, so parents can find out if their child is addicted
Counterpoint: a 22-year-old has been a legal adult for 4 years in basically every western country, is allowed to drink alcohol, and can join the military.
Yeah, but those aren't based on scientific data.
We do a lot of stupid shit simply because it's always been that way, when there are options that make more sense according to scientific data. Letting a 18yrs old join a deadly job is not responsible.
HAH! You don't have kids do you? A 15yo needs more locks than an 8yo any day! Little kids stay in their bubbles and never even realize they're being filtered, teens go out and actively look for shit they shouldn't.
Same reason I try to get my GF to ditch her iPhone.
Huh. Your kids are smart.
Not my kid but yeah.
Privacy is incompatible with parental control. I can't help without going against my values, sorry.
Graphene would allow them to create a non-owner profile with no APP store. That way, their kids wouldn't be able to install anything and the parent could install apps in the owner profile and then permit the kid to use it.
Screen time and such would not be configurable though I think.
iOS is better for them, GrapheneOS isn't going to / can't do what they want, it's not what it's designed for, it's literally designed to do the total opposite of that.
The closest they'd get is using DNS to filter out inappropriate web content, using the sandboxed play services on a child acct so certain apps are restricted, and having Family Link on their phones for the approvals of things. But it's not going to be as integrated as what iOS and Google does. Goes way beyond generic content filtering, screen time, customizable shutdowns around homework time and over night hours where kids wake up and hop on devices etc.
Gotta use the right tool for the job.
Opentimelimit is best
I've found it to have severe impact on battery life; always eating CPU cycles.
That may be! Hm, but it works 💁♂️
Família link (which does all that and more) won't work unless it has privileged access. Life360 is even worse than google, so no talking about that. I don't know what to say, if he's just into location stalking; then you can just use google maps to share the location, but elsewhere, you'll need to find some trustworthy MDM service.
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