Thanks for bringing these important issues to light! While Apple is usually known for a clean and intuitive experience, there is consensus that their parental controls need more work. Meanwhile, leaders in third-party parental controls like Bark, and Qustodio have a caveat saying there is only so much they can do on macOS and iOS. As an Apple user, software engineer and father of 3, I feel this gap and decided to do something about it. My research led me to find Gertrude for MacOS https://gertrude.app/ and led me to build LivingRoom for iOS. https://livingroomapp.com/
Thanks for bringing these important issues to light! While Apple is usually known for a clean and intuitive experience, there is consensus that their parental controls need more work. Meanwhile, leaders in third-party parental controls like Bark, and Qustodio have a caveat saying there is only so much they can do on macOS and iOS. As an Apple user, software engineer and father of 3, I feel this gap and decided to do something about it. My research led me to find Gertrude for MacOS https://gertrude.app/ and led me to build LivingRoom for iOS. https://livingroomapp.com/
Thank you so much for writing this! I'm giving a presentation on tech safety with the PTA this fall and I'm going to quote parts of this article.