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After not having Apple devices in the house for years, one of the kids begged me for an iphone (mainly for FaceTime).

The Apple UX has gone downhill over the years. Parental controls are more confusing than Google's and you're locked out of most controls unless you buy a recent Apple device as well.

Apple's user interfaces were once the envy of the industry. What happened?!

When my kiddo wants to install an app:

1) She brings me her phone and it wants my full AppleID and password (a very long password)
2) Once I enter it, the phone says it was unsuccessful
3) Exiting the modal takes me to the main system settings (why?)
4) After a 2-3 second pause, phone says I need to input a code that they are texting to my android phone
5) I input the code
6) iPhone tells me it worked
7) My kiddo is still staring at the main system settings wondering what to do

Johannes Kastl

@major I really despise both and child protection settings and UI.

I found that it is best to ask permissions via notifications, so I can grant/deny on my phone/tablet. Using my password manager to not have to type the password each time.
Of course on ipadOS you need to be remember to copy your password **before** clicking on the "password required" notification. Otherwise it closes the notification...

@johanneskastl Google has had a lot of rough edges in Family Link over the years for sure, but their latest revisions over the past year have fixed about 80% of my complaints.

I'm sure Apple's parental controls are quite good, but the catch is that you must be carrying one of their devices (and a modern one at that).

@major I still find it rather ugly. I got like 20 notifications for the same app being installed. Which it already was...

Notifications are taking ages. In-app purchases do not work most of the time, so I have to permit on the child's device...