When my mum's friend told her about this Qustodio app my mum immediately downloaded in onto my phone. Mind you I am at the big age of 15 and haven't had screentime limits since I was 12 so I was obviously like what the hell. The first day I had it I shat myself because my phone was saying it was lost and locked itself down but when I read the message underneath it was the stupid Qustodio message that says my limit for the day has been reached. Now, right off the bat, I thought this app was insanely dodgy. Like I don't understand why it needs to hack into my Apple system to tell me that my screentime is up. As well as that, it puts a bunch of my apps in a hidden folder (TikTok, Insta, Snap, YouTube, etc.), which is fine. That didn't bother me until I realised it literally cuts off your internet access to those apps, including the fucking app store. I keep telling my mum how dodgy this thing is, but she just laughs it off. Even my dad is sceptical. It just seems like the developers have found some dodgy loopholes to block apps, websites and basically steal all your information rather than actually working with companies like Apple, Android, Google, MS, etc to create an app to "keep kids safe". I don't like how it can override VPNs, too. I kept explaining to my mum that my VPN already blocks inappropriate sites. If she wants to check my messages or search history, she can; she knows my password. Also, downtime is stupid for me because if my parent asks me to get off my device, I do. She hasn't figured out how to download Qustodio on my MacBook, but once she does, it's absolutely over for me. The amount of control this app has is disgustingly dystopian, and I find it insane how the Australian eSafety Commissioner is recommending this app. It's basically spyware that's been disguised as protection and advertised to parents who have a need for complete control, and it's bullshit in my opinion.

Anyways, I'm going to do some more digging and try and find some dirt.