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Kids apps
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2011–2023), in 7 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Kids apps, 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 7 complaints
- Modern kids' devices make it hard for a young child to pick and start programs2023-03-08
- Forced pause after answering makes kids wait before the next problem, which the daughter finds annoying2020-04-24
- Finicky mouse hit zones and massive slowdowns make the apps hard to use2020-03-16
- Many kids' apps lack multi-touch support, which toddlers need for their motor skills2020-01-24
- Forced half-minute ads for other games appear every time the player dies2019-10-14
- Ads placed so children accidentally tap them, a dark pattern2019-02-10
- Tiny, well-hidden cancel buttons make accidental purchases easy and exits hard2011-03-18