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Re:ChuChu TV is responsible for widely-viewed toddler conten... by eh78ssxv2f on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:31AM (#18240029)
> They want to maximize the amount of time you spend on their website.

Is that true for YouTube kids app too? I thought you could put timers using parental settings. When the timer goes off, it will lock the device. And, some N minutes before, it would show a warning as well.

That seems way better than state of the art (dumping kids in front of TV or video game consoles etc.)

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Re:ChuChu TV is responsible for widely-viewed toddler conten... by bemmu on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:04AM (#18246054)
We tried the timer, but it wasn't so good for a program to suddenly cut off in the middle. I know I wouldn't be happy either if something I was into watching would just suddenly end. Now we let our kid watch about half an hour of YouTube a day, but try to let him stop at a natural place, such as the end of the video.

The only thing I really want is for foreign language videos not to appear in the list of suggested videos. Sometimes he gets trapped happily watching videos in Russian.

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