Der Schöpfer von Teletubbies warnt Eltern vor „leeren“ YouTube-Programmen für Kinder

That’s rich from the creator behind ‚tubby toast‘.

I’d probably be laying some of the blame for what we have now, on what came then.

True that, but traumatized me with that Dancing CG Bear and the Bear on Wheels running away from the Lion on Wheels what the hell was that! 

teletubbies is ten times better than the stuff kids watch nowadays. atleast teletubbies had some goddamn SOUL in it

Teletubbies got away with it because whilst the bit with the teletubbies was just nonsense, they had an insert with real kids which did do something vaguely educational. Without that it would’ve been totally vacuous.

BUT -she’s not wrong. I’ve seen the utter, utter nonsense on YouTube aimed at kids, and it’s only getting worse. It’s an easy earner – slap together a video (especially if you can rip off some well known IP) and watch the ad revenue roll in.

It’s even worse now with AI content. Recently stumbled across an AI version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and it’s just awful.

https://youtu.be/B2HSYOq_m5Y

Compared to something professionally animated;

https://youtu.be/75NQK-Sm1YY

I’ve said this many times, Cbeebies produces content a million times better than most of the stuff you can find on YouTube.

Governments responsibility surely? Since parents are no longer required to oversee kids internet usage because of the OSA and mandatory digital ID.