What are my options for parental controls on home internet? For 5 years, we have used some form of Deco (TP Link) mesh system which could be controlled by an app. The application let's us assign devices to our kids, set time limits on weekdays and weekends, set bedtimes, and block particular sites.

A recent update #enshittified this application. Now, all we can control without paying rent is bedtime, but not usage limits.

Do I have to find another company with another potentially enshittifiable application? Or are there recommended standalone applications that could interface with my existing hardware so that I don't generate electronics waste?

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#WirelessMesh
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Home-based schooling requires a net connection for live teaching, but text books and exercise sheets need to be free to download so they can be used without one. If students could be set up with a wireless mesh network, connected directly to a fileserver at the school, they could access those learning materials without a commercial ISP:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/453549/auckland-lockdown-more-than-half-of-students-drop-off-radar-at-some-schools

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