Hardware The Nintendo Switch parental control app is STUPID

[Song of storms]

I was forced to install it to have some kind of backlog of how much I play with the console. I had it in airplane mode all day yesterday and when I turned it off, it still didn't update the game time for yesterday.


So yeah, if any kid is reading this and wants to bamboozle their parents, just turn the console in airplane mode or something.

 

[SomeGamer]

Thanks for the tip! (wow Nintendo oversight much)

 

[Metoroid0]

I believe its a bug, not a feature to be stupid. Bugs are by definition stupid because they make a console act in a weird way.

 

[Song of storms]

I believe its a bug, not a feature to be stupid. Bugs are by definition stupid because they make a console act in a weird way.

What's the point of a parental control app if all the person can do to hide is to turn airplane mode on?

 

[Metoroid0]

What's the point of a parental control app if all the person can do to hide is to turn airplane mode on?

There is no point really, to be honest, when you put it that way in a context of a bug.
Anyway, not everione will find that bug though (but kids salute to you because you did haha) so its effective..till they find it them self lol.

But youre right, to be effective it shouldnt be buggy and just work.

Whats the point of a safe if its not...safe? xD

 

[Nollog]

Airplane mode doesn't prompt you for your pin?

 

[Song of storms]

Airplane mode doesn't prompt you for your pin?

Nope :/

 

[yuyuyup]

it's nintendo being cool instead of snitching, I built a cigarette machine out of labo

 

[tech3475]

They’re just betting in kids only playing Fortnite

 

[Metoroid0]

Here is my theory:

Parental control works on airplane mode because when you're a kid going on a
trip with parents and go to airplane, you must turn off all wireless antennas...

so since in airplane, you're always with your mom or dad or both, as a kid, they let
you play because your actual parents are there doing the

parental control


There, mystery solved. You're welcome!

 

[Song of storms]

Here is my theory:

Parental control works on airplane mode because when you're a kid going on a
trip with parents and go to airplane, you must turn off all wireless antennas...

so since in airplane, you're always with your mom or dad or both, as a kid, they let
you play because your actual parents are there doing the

parental control


There, mystery solved. You're welcome!

They could have made the parental control setting keep the data to send until next time the console connects back to the Internet. It isn't rocket science.

 

[Metoroid0]

They could have made the parental control setting keep the data to send until next time the console connects back to the Internet. It isn't rocket science.

I was joking