83 karma · joined March 16, 2020
I hope he knows that a lot of iOS users really appreciate his work, (I even convinced one hardcore Android user to get an iPhone just for this one app, it was that good).
For that, thank you Christian!
It's an open-source, community-curated catalog of YouTube videos that are safe for kids aged 3–12. The key idea is simple: nothing appears in the catalog unless real parents have actually watched the video and approved it.
The project came from a personal experience. He was watching YouTube Kids with his daughter when a video that started like a harmless cartoon quickly turned into something he would never have chosen for her. The automated filters allowed it through, which made him realize he didn’t want to rely on algorithms to decide what his kid sees.
So instead of trying to block bad content, KindScreen flips the model: only allow verified good content.
Every video in the catalog is watched and approved by multiple parents. No recommendation algorithms, no surprise autoplay rabbit holes — just a transparent list of human-reviewed videos.
The whole thing is open source and meant to be community-driven, so parents can contribute reviews and help grow the catalog.
Hope someone here enjoys it and very curious on finding out if it's something useful.
This will be the future, but only when Apple does this to their iPhones lineup; the experience will be consistent and seamless; I'm not a fan boy, but one thing i'm sure is that they will release this and it will be like working on macOS, but you have it in your pocket.
I have a question: do you have any idea what your parents did right to get you into electronics and hacking like this? I'm looking into getting my 3 kids into CS and EE, and it's something i do for a living, but i have no clue on how to make this for them. My parents never did anything except buying me all the books i asked for; I was just obsessed with knowing more cool stuff.
Thank you for sharing such a cool project with the world, your future will be very bright, keep it up!