u/Agha_shadi

i think parental control is a protocol, not a legal mandate. it is a set of rules that determine the user's access and restrictions and it could be as simple as a json file!

this way it's easily applicable, there's little to no tech literacy needed, it's fast and universal. you prepare your json in which you set your specific rules and preferred settings and restrictions once, and upload it into your router, your account, your tv etc. it's applied and the device is ready to be used by your kid.

the issue is that this idea is too simplistic and whenever ideas like this come to my mind, i genuinely think there must be something off my radar, which i haven't noticed yet. you know, it's too good to be true. what do you think?

{
  "screen_time": {
    "weekday": "2h",
    "weekend": "4h"
  },
  "allowed_apps": ["calculator", "browser"],
  "blocked_sites": ["example.com"],
  "bedtime": "21:00",
  "content_rating": "PG-13"
}

There are two main filter lists which people usually mention to strip away tracking elements from URLs:

1. AdGuard/uBO – URL Tracking Protection
2. ➗ Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool

Then the claim is that adding these two, will mostly(90%) replace the ClearURLs' add-on functionality. but! there's this website introduced by ClearURLs itself to test the add-on's functionality. After adding the lists to uBO and heading for a test, you'll see that half of the tests are not passed.

IDK whether those two more tests are counted as a 50% failure of the lists or something very small and negligible. the trade-off is between having less add-on and having maximum tracking protection. Are those two failures worth adding yet another add-on (ClearURLs)?

The kind of toy which makes you solve a problem, sort things, use your imagination etc. like the famous ring pyramid or shape sorting buckets and such.

Update: I'm not looking for parenting advice or Q&A subs.
thanks