Why can't I whitelist Safari during Downtime?

[baking soda]

This is so stupid. I really am baffled at Apple's software decisions nowadays.
To try and cut down my night time phone usage, I've enabled Downtime, so that I can restrict apps usage (mainly social media) and make sure I can wind down and get ready for sleep easier than before.
Yeah, all great, until I realized that Safari can't be whitelisted, and FOR EVERY SINGLE PAGE I VISIT during downtime (Google, Apple, news websites, ANTYHING) I always get the popup and I have to ignore the limit and skip. And there seems to be NO WAY around it.
Out of frustration, I've disabled downtime, but only because this feels like the umpteenth half baked feature that Apple has thrown into their declining software.
Seriously, I can't be the only one who is completely disappointed with Apple lately, regarding their software.

If there is a workaround for this (please no "jUsT sToP uSiNg yOuR pHoNe dUrInG dOwNtImE") please do let me know.
Cheers

 

[glorp]

Over two years since you posted, and this bug persists.

Or a worse version. Safari is whitelisted, and opens just fine, but every single visit to a webpage brings up the prompt not once, but twice.

Visiting further pages on the same site bring up further requests for permission.

Disabled & reenabled Downtime, restarted, searched in settings, searched online. No solutions.

Now, I'm an adult and imagine you are also. We can find other methods to manage this, but this feature is too poor for any parent to implement, which, coupled with the... cluster**** that is "parental control" mean that Apple products remain unsafe for children and other vulnerable people.

Because frustrating as it is for you & I, if we'd set this up to block either all of Safari or specific sites, a child could merrily click the "disable for 15 minutes" or "ignore for today", just as easily as we can.

If you must permit a young child to use a smartphone, at the very least make use of something like NextDNS and keep yourself abreast of how to use it, ideally seeking professional advice.