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Re:Parental Controls Aren't for Parents by gukov on Friday January 02, 2026 @03:03PM (#46468752)
I’m not sure why some are struggling to understand this. A single "godmode" checkbox would only be possible if every element, the marketplace, the hardware, and the payment rails, were inside one ecosystem. The Switch is Nintendo, Minecraft is Microsoft, the credit card is Visa, and so on. There are simply too many moving parts, making a single killswitch nearly impossible to orchestrate.
Re:Parental Controls Aren't for Parents by Ajedi32 on Friday January 02, 2026 @05:00PM (#46469939)
That, or an open standard.
Re:Parental Controls Aren't for Parents by senordevnyc on Friday January 02, 2026 @10:09PM (#46472422)
Because raging online at evil corporations feels better than facing the complexity of the world
Re:Parental Controls Aren't for Parents by toss1 on Saturday January 03, 2026 @10:44AM (#46477931)
Of course, making one single switch for everything in that complex system is absurd. Which is why this is something no one is talking about here.

We are only talking about the architecture, setup, and options for each particular game.