As a Roblox developer, it is currently too hard to set my own spending limits, have spending notifications, and set my account to only join the private servers of ‘Friends’ and ‘no one’.
If your age is under 13, by your accounts ‘Birthday’, you have a verified ‘Parental Email’, and a Parental PIN, then you gain access to the following settings on the ‘childs’ account under the ‘Parental Controls’ tab in Roblox website settings:
*screenshot from a response of mine on a dev discussion
These systems should be re-designed to work for all ages, not just the users who are under 13. (and under 18 in Korea) I understand the email part for the spending notifications, and the Parental Pin to an extent, but I don’t think the under 13 age restriction for these settings should be a thing.
If I currently want these settings, I’d have to lie about my age being under 13, set up a ‘parental email’, which would just be a second email of mine, and enable a Parental PIN.
To Roblox’s credit, the following exist on the subject:
- https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409125091348-Monthly-Spend-Restrictions
- https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409558125460
- https://corp.roblox.com/safety-civility-resources/?section=Families&article=customizable-parental-controls
If this issue is addressed, it would improve my development experience because I could set my own spending limits, have spending notifications, and set my account to only join the private servers of ‘Friends’ and ‘no one’. (without lying about my age and going through various other steps.)