True. I just felt (and wasn’t alone) that the voiceover was tonedeaf.
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True. I just felt (and wasn’t alone) that the voiceover was tonedeaf.
With all due respect to you, I'm not trying to be condescending, I'm genuinely interested in how you seem to be comprehending what was shown, so please fire away.
Did you watch the video? It literally shows children in the video and the script is (AS YOU POSTED),
"Family Setup enables greater independence for your kids or older parents, you can specify which contacts your kids can communicate with, so whether it's grandma's house, school or baseball practice... you'll get the reassurance your child is exactly where you expect them to be"
To me the definition of a kid/child is
"a young human being below the age of puberty"
So to me, mentioning abortion clinics, and them being queer or seeing a s/o is ridiculous.
None of these things should be happening without the parent being 100% aware, as these are children.
I really feel you are mixing up what a child/kid is.
If a child/teenager needs to see a councillor regarding their abusive parent, they can do so at school. (Schools here offer those services)
If a teenager wants to have a secret life and visit their queer lover, well they should be smart enough to remove/forget the watch, meet up in a public place where you could easily fib on who you where with? Or better yet, be open with their parents? If they can't then seek help if the parents are abusive (there's plenty of social services for this, at least in the 1st world countries).
How do you feel Apple could have communicated this in a better light?
"You no longer have to worry if your kids got kidnapped, hit by a bus or stabbed to death, as can now track them to make sure they got to training/grandma's safely! - FYI, I'm having a laugh with this comment.
I wasn't homeschooled, but I know two people that had been. They turned out fine, in fact they are both highly successful and are very well educated. Why are you happy that home schooling is illegal in your area?
From my personal childhood and majority of my friends, I don't think many people at all lived a "secret life".
Sure we have all kept things from our parents, "I'm going to sleep over at Jason's house" (really went out to a party with alcohol 😏). "Yes I went to training" (really went to the shops). Most people do this stuff when they are in the later years of being a teenager, not a child.
But again, it's the odd thing you did on the sly and usually got caught and disciplined for. I wouldn't call that a "secret life". Perhaps you are implying that if a teenager has their watch tracked all the way up to legal age, this stops them from doing such things. And if so, fair point. I'd put that on having over zealous parents who are trying too hard to control their offsprings every move. To me, this is worse than a teenager thinking they know best, messing up and learning a life lesson.
I hope I've shed some light on my thoughts with above, however to explain the quote.
It's tracking a childs location to make sure they are safe and not skipping school. It's not unreasonable for a parent to want to have this insight. It's not child abuse.
Jesus man, you have some "interesting" views.
While a parent should give their child some privacy/personal space, a good parents job is to know what their child is up to. Apple is about keeping corporations off your data to protect your adult privacy.
Apple are not trying to advocate children's rights and privacy from their parents.
And I am not alone in thinking those without children won't get it
. where does that leave us? Eh, hoping to agree to disagree. not much else to say here.
Apple tries to deliver on privacy from the government, privacy from Apple, privacy from advertisers, I don't think they suggest they are providing privacy from parents. It is a parent's responsibility to know where their children are. If they don't the kids get taken away from them. Apple is providing a means for children to communicate with their parents and vice versa. This is a good thing. If anything, this might very well lead to children having more freedom because their parents can worry less that their child gets lost and in trouble. It is a safety net. (sorry found something else to say lol)
And I am not alone in thinking those without children won't get it
OK, now I'm gonna disagree with you 😏
I don't think you need to have kids to have this understanding. I feel that it boils down to an individuals personal experiences, childhood, blah blah.
In the large majority of cases, kids old enough to be in those situations who also have Apple Watches will also have phones, which means their Watches can be linked to their own phones. This is for young children who do not have phones. If I give an Apple Watch to my third-grader, I want to know he can’t text his friends during class, and if he for some reason isn’t there, I will greatly appreciate being able to see him on a map.
What world do you live in? Parents have 100% authority over their children’s lives, up to a certain age anyway.
Children can’t consent to ANYTHING, especially to being queer or getting an abortion.
You know, you’re right!
I wasn’t actually thinking about the law when I wrote my reply; I was appealing to a sense of natural, or God-given, rights (“laws”).
This strengthens my point. Thanks!