logoalt Hacker News

heavyset_gotoday at 5:03 AM1 replyview on HN

Zealous parents are using this as an opportunity to take phones, computers and means of digital communication away. Hell, by law, you can't even use Discord without verifying your age lol

Imagine if they banned video games and texting 20 years ago because parents were convinced their kids were addicted to Halo and T9Word. They could always roll hoops in the street and send letters to each other with a little planning, too.


Replies

jen20today at 11:19 AM

In the UK that was naturally the case 20-25 years ago - text messages were priced per message, and bundles were small.