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Comment by ethagknight | Hacker News Reader

This looks really interesting. Specifically I would love to be able to set up something like this for my kids so that I have control over what they are able to watch on YouTube. I want to offer my kids whitelisted shows and creator accounts. I know theres a lot of interesting and high quality stuff out there but I do NOT want YT recommending things to my kids without going through me first.

Grayjay looks like it may be a solution!

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Grayjay dev here, this is for sure a use case we have in mind. The idea is in the future to allow you to share subscription groups you've made for your kids with friends.

Maybe there can be a website where people share subscription groups with each other in general. Good archery channels, good fitness channel, kid safe channels, etc.

Another thing I am pondering is if it is worth adding a mode that prevents your kids from accessing other content then what is in a specific subscription group.

Thanks for the reply, I will give Grayjay a shot.

I think just letting the primary account specify creators/channels and then have a sub accounts with no ability to modify would be sufficient.

Im sure there are already all sorts of recommendation groups or sites, maybe just provide links to quality ones?

This is the most maddening thing about all content now. It's all platform based and every platform wants to constantly push/"recommend" things to you and your kids. Right now I use Roku and Plex but even both of those are constantly trying to break down the wall.

I have NewPipe on my kid's tablets which is pretty good too, but it breaks more often. But it's great to have no ads + sponsorblock.

Between that and pirated shows/movies my kids are absolutely puzzled by commercials when we stay at a hotel or with family.

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