I don't see how that follows, at all. You can pay the bill and not track them. Do you have them hand over their phone everyday to check their Internet history because you pay the bill? If you don't want to pay their bill, don't, but spying on your kids isn't justified and is a weird control issue.

As I responded below, I do pay but have never tracked. The point is if you want to be independent of a parent that does not respect your privacy, then pay for own cell plan.

this "weird control issue" is SOP for like any organization, anywhere.

if you have a corporate cell phone it's telling on you. they pay for it, they have the right to track and read anything your doing on it.