Welcome to Saving Money with Andrew! Earlier this year, we took a critical look at our kids’ screen usage, which has increased from zero (pre-pandemic) to…a lot more than zero. Despite our best efforts, we were unhappy about the level of spammy and inappropriate in-app ads, as well as the low quality of a lot of kids content. So, I spent the last few months figuring out ways to improve our kids’ tech experience. A couple of useful tips:
Good tips! YouTube Kids is such a disappointment. I posted once about my frustration trying to curate what was included and someone (who had had previous experience working on kid media viewing accounts!) commented that they had tried to get involved as a PM for YouTube Kids and told the team that it had to have whitelist/blacklist functionality for kids' safety. And they were dismissed in favor of only doing it only algorithmically. Yuck.
Good tips! YouTube Kids is such a disappointment. I posted once about my frustration trying to curate what was included and someone (who had had previous experience working on kid media viewing accounts!) commented that they had tried to get involved as a PM for YouTube Kids and told the team that it had to have whitelist/blacklist functionality for kids' safety. And they were dismissed in favor of only doing it only algorithmically. Yuck.