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Dude is right: parental controls suck. I suspect that's because they kind of take a back seat in most purchasing decisions. Of the various platforms I've enabled parental controls on (Apple, Nintendo, Android, Xbox, Epic, Roblox), I've found Epic's to be the most straightforward.
It'd be nice if there was a mandated API that any kid-platform had to support, and a nice simple app to control it.
Fortnite is a massive cash cow, they’re protecting their investment with robust parental tools
"Do it well, get profit" sounds like a sound business strategy. In hope Microsoft/EA/Nestlé/Monsanto/Apple/Google/499 other F500.... Would follow that
Epic’s is probably the best because it’s the only one that has an easy “block everything but online play” button and lets you whitelist experiences with a parental pin
Sony is a fucking nightmare