MAY 2019 MACWORLD 53I
t took 12 versions of iOS to finally get
parental controls and screen time
tracking (go.macworld.com/h2st), but
some people still aren’t happy about it.
According to a report in The New York
Times (go.macworld.com/mntr) Saturday,
numerous developers of time monitoring
apps complained that Apple was limiting
features and in extreme cases, straight up
shutting down their apps “out of the blue
with no warning.”
Out of the 17 most downloaded screen-
time and parental control apps, the Times
says Apple either removed or restricted 11
of them, leaving precious few remaining.
The developers interviewed say Apple isIMAGE: APPLE
Apple plays strong privacy card
in battle with parental control
apps, but offers few solutions
Security is important, but so is choice.
BY MICHAEL SIMON