I know its easier than ever to dunk on how terrible reddit has gotten, but honestly? What is this? How is is safer to deliver this content to kids viewing reddit on a tablet or PC or in the app? Why even create the bs excuse?

They could just have easily told the truth an displayed a message like “Content is limited. Open in the app to view.” It’s still a jerk move, but at a minimum its honest.

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    7 months ago

    Careful as many child protection apps tend to owned and run by data brokers.

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      7 months ago

      Can’t believe this is controversial, it should be public knowledge that most children’s items with wifi capability are a privacy nightmare. Nobody should be downvoting what you just said.