[cmiles74]

I agree that there's a lot of crap out there, but I'm not entirely sure that the crap to not-crap ratio is larger than it has always been. I remember saving up dimes and quarters to buy discounted Atari 2600 cartridges only to find re-hashed versions of games that I already had played. Television, in particular, I remember as being pretty terrible and repetitive. That it's so much easier to get at the stuff, that seems like the biggest change to me.

Children aren't particularly great at ferreting out the best content, but I think that when they work together with parents (or older siblings, etc.) that are at least somewhat interested then they can find some real gems. The Toca Boca games (so far) have lacked in-app purchases and can be a lot of fun. There's some really good content out on Amazon and Netflix, I find that if I spend a little time working with my child every so often, we find some really fun stuff.