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Excessive advertising in family safety app

🌱 parentingproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

A Life360 user reports that the app is displaying an increasing number of advertisements despite the user having disabled them, leading to the perception that the service is prioritizing revenue over its core function of family safety.

Who's affected: A Life360 app user who has opted out of advertisements and possibly others in the same situation.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A browser extension or mobile utility that detects and blocks non-essential ad-tracking scripts within specific family safety applications.
  2. A community-driven review platform that tracks and alerts users when safety-focused apps shift their business model toward intrusive advertising.
  3. A privacy-focused, open-source alternative to commercial family tracking apps that guarantees zero advertising and data monetization.
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Real voices

“I have adds turned off but it seems like you’re sending more adds now.”

Source: App Store review: life360

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