This doesn't solve the number one problem of kids content on YouTube -- they are leaving it up to the creator to decide if it's kids content. It's still not human curated.
The nice thing about Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/PBS/etc. is that a human decides if the content is for kids.
YouTube is still trying to get away with "letting the machines do it", which works for most aspects of their business, but not this.
I used to let my kid watch YTKids while I supervised. But no more. Even with my supervision it just jumps to some insanely inappropriate video, too quick for me to shut it off in time, and it's already done damage.
When a scary clown jumps out and screams, that's traumatizing, even just for a moment.
I have no trouble letting them watch all those other platforms. Heck, I let them watch PBS unsupervised.
But YouTube Kids will never play in my house again until I know that every piece of content on there has been reviewed by a human before it goes live.
The nice thing about Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/PBS/etc. is that a human decides if the content is for kids.
YouTube is still trying to get away with "letting the machines do it", which works for most aspects of their business, but not this.
I used to let my kid watch YTKids while I supervised. But no more. Even with my supervision it just jumps to some insanely inappropriate video, too quick for me to shut it off in time, and it's already done damage.
When a scary clown jumps out and screams, that's traumatizing, even just for a moment.
I have no trouble letting them watch all those other platforms. Heck, I let them watch PBS unsupervised.
But YouTube Kids will never play in my house again until I know that every piece of content on there has been reviewed by a human before it goes live.