Google Family Link

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2020–2026), in 6 threads.

People raised many different problems with Google Family Link, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 6 complaints

Screen time features don't work on Chromebooks, so parents can't see usage or set time limits2026-08-09
Cannot set a global screen time limit across all devices, and kids can switch to adult accounts2024-02-02
Infuriating to use, with no specific problem stated2023-07-29
App wrongly says device is not on wifi, with no way to tell what's wrong2022-10-19
Parent finds that a hidden toggle is needed to allow regular YouTube, and the Family Link setup is frustrating to manage2021-04-07
Frustrating user experience and functionality, with no specific problem named2020-05-20