Comment by amelius
4 years ago
Parental control sounds like something the OS should do, not an app. From that viewpoint, I think you chose an application that inherently has a risk of being taken over by Apple, and frankly, you should not be surprised that something like this happened.
Whether I agree or not, they aren't doing it. They've had decades to build it in, but what is built in sucks and is easily bypassed. See https://protectyoungeyes.com/12-ingenious-screen-time-hacks-....
While I wasn't so aware of the risk when I started, I've learned plenty about it over the past 4.5 years.
> frankly, you should not be surprised that something like this happened. Did you read the whole description? The surprising thing is the unfair (unequal) treatment, the silence on their part, and the long delay.
I thought the point is that it is easily bypassed or disabled, so in a coercive or sensitive situation the physical holder of the phone can take control.
Ok, but with parental control you are trying to control other apps. Apple does not like that. They want apps to stay in their own sandbox and mind their own business. I agree with you, but given Apple's strong determination to control everything on their platform, what you tried was just doomed to fail from the start.