Table 4.

Barriers to the use of apps

Using data/slow speed

“It’s a little slow.” “If it didn’t require data, I’d use it more often.” “It’s kinda hard because I’d use it, like, outside of my house and sometimes I don’t have my data on my phone.” “If an app heavily focuses on you need wi-fi to do it, that’s bad ‘cause not everywhere you’re gonna go, you’re gonna have wi-fi.”

Poor layout

“I don’t like to read things that much….it’s kind of like my eyes are wandering. I’m just reading the subtitle. I’m not really reading the articles.” “Well, I mean, everything looks a little cluttered … I need a search bar.” “There’s just so much stuff on that other app or this app, that it’s just kind of confusing.” “I’m a bit frustrated with it right now just trying to find some things.” “When I got stuck when I didn’t know where to go, I just started clicking around.” “It was a little bit hard to find, but after a while, I found it. Some kids may be turned off by this.” “If you get the hang of it and if you play around with it, it would be easier.”

Privacy concerns

“I don’t really talk to people on social media unless I know them.” “I don’t use my real name for anything. There’s some really creepy people out there.” “Sometimes you just wanna be safe. You don’t want everyone knowing what you’re doing … you don’t want people to know who you really are because sometimes personal information could be taken.” “I don’t know who’s out there.” “My concerns would be someone would ask me a whole bunch of different questions about where I live and just trying to stalk me.” “I never usually use my real name. I would use an avatar.”

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