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-square215fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down122
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minus-squaredoublejay1999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down4·1 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-squareSorgan71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agowhy would a kid havy £500
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoA law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoIn most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
minus-squareTheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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.