* Content is deleted after frist view. No way to review content at a later time.
* Sharing of location foster surveillance among friends. Location can also leak to predators.
* Peeking on who your friends chat with is more surveillance.
And more stuff I dom't know about.
I don't think stories are evil because it is deleted. That means disappearing texts are also evil in Signal. Just because they are kids doesn't make disappearing content suddenly evil.
Sharing of location is also not evil and it is egregious to invoke a pathological case of a kid sharing a location with a predator to justify the arguments.
If these were really concerns then all these things should be severely restricted for children
1. disappearing messages on whatsapp
2. hell whatsapp itself because it can be used to talk to predators
3. almost all social media like Reddit, X
4. online gaming because it can foster bullying and also predators
We built these toys and networks and commoditised the hardware and access so it's just pocket money and then built services where kids can just vanish into without oversight.
> If these were really concerns...
Given several countries are passing online safety laws around the very things you highlight, yes. I think they really are all concerns.