Design Ethicist Imagines How Apple Could Help Combat Tech Addiction in Future iOS Updates

[Amazing Iceman]

As a parent...I don't see how this is at all Apple's problem.
My wife and I have been using the OurPact app (the free version) to control/monitor our children's phone use, and it has been working out perfectly.

Apps like this are useful, but all they do is make your kids become better hackers.
Just do a search for: OurPact hack, and you will find a huge source of hacks.

No software can totally replace true parental control by the parents.
All the restrictions imposed now will be gone once they turn 18, time when they will go crazy out of control, because the restrictions are gone.
Wouldn't it be better to teach them how to be responsible, develop good habits because that's what they believe, not because they are being forced to do it?

 

[Suckfest 9001]

Or maybe just don't be helicopter parents and accept the fact that kids nowadays will have a totally different upbringing than you did for very valid reasons.

 

[bobtem]

The problem is not with kids, but adults being addicted to technology. And all you people that say “why is this a problem?” are the ones that can’t socialize at a party without showing things on your phone. And if you think you are not that person, try leaving your phone at home the next time you go to a party or go to lunch with somebody.

 

[expiredyogurt]

another typical case of blame the product and not the user. if you dont want your kid to be glued to the phone all day and night maybe you should spend time with your kid or do something instead of passing blames. apple doesnt design their device to be used all the time that would cause addiction unlike video games.

 

[jeremiah256]

Not necessarily. One common issue for parents is kids using their phones when they should be sleeping. A control could prevent their phones from unlocking during sleeping hours. Parents could select any phone-free time periods they feel are appropriate, without targeting any specific apps.

I wasn't really arguing against the portion of the article concerning giving parents more control over their children's devices. I'm more interested (and skeptical) about Apple being able to make their product less addictive overall, without affecting Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. There are also international considerations. Will they do the same thing to WeChat in China?

 

[IJ Reilly]

I wasn't really arguing against the portion of the article concerning giving parents more control over their children's devices. I'm more interested (and skeptical) about Apple being able to make their product less addictive overall, without affecting Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. There are also international considerations. Will they do the same thing to WeChat in China?

The point I keep making here is that Apple was only asked to look at how to make their technology more parenting-friendly, not how to make it less addicting overall. The writer of this article used what Apple was actually asked to consider as a jumping off point to talk about something very different, and it's the something different that generates so much pointless righteous indignation. Just because some writer decided to miss the point doesn't mean we need to miss it too.

 

[jeremiah256]

The point I keep making here is that Apple was only asked to look at how to make their technology more parenting-friendly, not how to make it less addicting overall. The writer of this article used what Apple was actually asked to consider as a jumping off point to talk about something very different, and it's the something different that generates so much pointless righteous indignation. Just because some writer decided to miss the point doesn't mean we need to miss it too.

I understand, and there are many here focusing on that portion of the article. But, I think it's fair to not ignore the other issue when even the title of this thread is about the combatting tech addition.

 

[cmaier]

This is dumb

 

[IJ Reilly]

I understand, and there are many here focusing on that portion of the article. But, I think it's fair to not ignore the other issue when even the title of this thread is about the combatting tech addition.

The title of the thread is based an article, which in turn, is based on little more than a random opinion. The term "click-bait" is overused but it probably applies here. Lots of people getting their knickers all in a twist over nothing.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Who is saying these features would be there by default? There are people who want to change and could be empowered by these features. Everyone else could turn it off.

But unless they are intrusive, these features aren't going to be used. It will be the first thing that many people, especially children, will turn off.
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Perfectly stated as well as your signature matches the photo above succinctly: The things you own end up owning you.

And the song 'do you know your enemy' describes the 'New American Century' better than any other.

 

[Newton1600]

But unless they are intrusive, these features aren't going to be used. It will be the first thing that many people, especially children, will turn off.
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And the song 'do you know your enemy' describes the 'New American Century' better than any other.

Have it controlled from another persons phone. A parent a spouse a friend someone who has their **** together

 

[DeepIn2U]

Have it controlled from another persons phone. A parent a spouse a friend someone who has their **** together

Lol ... so you think someone that has their "**** together" is always helpful or directly relative to what you or someone else is doing, seeking, aspiring to, or trying to accomplish with their vision is the best solution? If that where the case Computing Networking, Virtualization, iOS for that matter wouldn't have ever come to pass. What you suggest is great for guidance ... not always the best for application of that Guidance.