@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down119
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-link‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.com@fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-square@doublejay1999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish33•1 year agoBut how will they ever stop these children from just walking into a store and buying a £500 phone and signing their own service contracts ?
minus-square@bionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoA law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
minus-square@roofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIn most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
minus-square@angrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoI think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
minus-square@TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoEven then, they can go to a dollar store and buy a sim card for super cheap.
But how will they ever stop these children from just walking into a store and buying a £500 phone and signing their own service contracts ?
why would a kid havy £500
School lunches
A law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
In most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
I think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
:-o
Even then, they can go to a dollar store and buy a sim card for super cheap.