Good luck with that, your voice is going to be drowned out by all the companies masquerading as "people" whom they really represent.
Kushia
joined 2 years ago
For the most part it should have been free anyway just like our grandparents who perpetuate this nonsense had it.
What makes sense is two things:
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You can ask questions about the game and get a direct answer, often including someone showing you exactly the thing in the game you asked about.
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Some streams are genuinely entertaining, such as GTA RP streams. These people mostly aren't slobbering fat guys (though some are) but are actually working and acting the entire time.
Nah I don't care about that, I care about it being shoved in their faces. My kids are at least old enough to know about these topics somewhat and can make the distinction between video game violence and some cam girl.
If they want to look at this stuff I'm not naive enough to think they won't find a way to do so. But I'm not about to make it as easy as being recommended it by Twitch just because Bezos wants more ad revenue.
If Twitch wants to be an adult platform then they should honestly.
Unfortunately, most parents are not tech savvy and don't understand Twitch or how kids use the internet at all. On the face of it to most parents it just looks like a gaming thing. To these people the internet is basically platforms like Facebook on their phones. When they eventually hopefully catch little Johnny watching furry penises on Twitch it's already too late and a lot of parents lack even the parenting skills to deal with that appropriately. Sadly, it doesn't take much intelligence to procreate.
Personally, I've just blocked Twitch outright on my firewall with this change in policy for my kids and continue to monitor what they do as always. But fortunately unlike the majority of parents I actually know how to deal with it either way.
These things never work at all.
Can I remote desktop a Linux PC with this, either with Wayland or X.org?
My only issue is that kids use the platform a lot and shouldn't be exposed to overly sexualised content when they're just looking for gaming content. Twitch apparently says they'll try to remove it from the front page but stuff inevitably gets though.
Our plastic Christmas tree. It's a constant battle.
Microtransactions aside, if you're trying to protect your kids from creeps online you're gonna have to ban every platform that supports interactions with strangers. This includes several other games you've mentioned in the comments including Minecraft.
Personally, instead of banning it I just play it with my kids on a regular basis. There's plenty of actually decent games on Roblox and it enables game ideas that otherwise wouldn't see the light of day. My favourite is the Ikea survival game.