I’m not a parent, but I wouldn’t underestimate the tenacity of children in this theme. ;-)
I agree about the on/off switch and don’t ever want anything to do with “AI”, would rather have the disk space back.
I don’t think this tool is intended as a ‘hack’ in the bad sense, at least that’s what the blogs are saying. My impression is that it uses Terminal commands and available techniques to do what it does, but as a non-expert that’s why I’m asking.
(Another link, at arstechnica, from @bookrats in another Topic on the tool).