I’m not arguing that YT is inherently bad for all purposes; just that, in this situation where you want to watch kid’s videos and be confident all the material will be age-appropriate, there are lots of apps that are simpler and better.
Rather than installing YouTube and whitelisting PBS Kids, why not just install the PBS Kids app instead?
Too much work. I'll just watch one of the many other services that do it for me.
It still can be someone else's problem.
Also, they still don't make it easy to lock down to just that content on every platform.
I don't have to worry about this with the PBS Kids app. I know that no matter where it runs it will be safe. My house, grandma's house, whatever.
Same with Netflix Kids. I don't have to worry about it having bad content anywhere my kid figures out how to use it.
I’ve never really understood how YouTube Kids was even a thing.