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The Worst Feature Apple Ever Made (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Non-paywall link: https://12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/08/apple-screen-time/679359/

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[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m currently using the iOS 18 beta and - during an earlier beta (3 I think) - Screen Time was broken in that it didn’t let you change the settings or extend a session, it would just crash.

This actually made the feature useful! You could no longer just click a button to skip the warnings, you had to actually stop when the time was up. Sure it was a bit annoying but that’s the whole point.

So yea, I’ve been thinking of getting my partner to change the PIN for it so I can’t skip the warnings in the future.

It’s not a bad feature, it’s just often poorly configured and badly implemented.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Us students (16 yo) managed to circumvent Apples MDM restrictions multiple times. Finding each way took us maybe a minute on average. That's just pathetic.

[–] TheBest@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago

sounds more like an Apple skill issue