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Does anyone know of a good privacy respecting (preferably FOSS) parental control app for Android? I'm trying to convince a friend to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS as their kids next phone but they won't do it unless it let's them control certain things.

They're used to iOS where apparently their kid can request to download an app and they can remotely allow the installation. They can also add screen time beyond the original set limit if the kids requests it.

Unfortunately, I don't think they'd be open to switching if it means losing their parental controls.

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[–] machinin@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, this won't answer your question, but I would just let them use what they want. Unless they were interested in it originally, they will just resent you if anything goes wrong or if they have any trouble.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The thing is, the kid has started realizing the data collection that's going on and it's interested in switching. That's the only reason I'm genuinely pursuing this.

[–] machinin@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, that makes much more sense if it's the kid's initiative.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they were talking about a game and then started getting ads for that game. Classic start to the story lol

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Same reason I try to get my GF to ditch her iPhone.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've found it to have severe impact on battery life; always eating CPU cycles.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

That may be! Hm, but it works 💁‍♂️