thehatfox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoUK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16swww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12
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minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoAre any under 16 buying the phones themselves? With the price of phones now I’d guess for the vast majority it is the parents themselves buy it for their kids. At that point it’s for the parents to decide for themselves
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYou can still buy perfectly good phones for 1-200€ but yeah the blame still mostly lies with the parents imo.
Are any under 16 buying the phones themselves? With the price of phones now I’d guess for the vast majority it is the parents themselves buy it for their kids.
At that point it’s for the parents to decide for themselves
You can still buy perfectly good phones for 1-200€ but yeah the blame still mostly lies with the parents imo.