I think part of the problem is the frictionless and feeling like I can’t control the nature of the device.
I think my killer feature would be a phone that is only configurable at a laptop. You can install whatever you want, but it has to be at the laptop. Website allow lists on the laptop. You can uninstall and block things on the phone but you can’t reinstall or unblock them until you’re back at your computer.
I feel like all the screen time features are intentionally under designed. Their incentives are obviously to keep you in your phone as long as possible, while making you feel like they care.
You can have that. Here is a guide showing how to do it on an iOS device <a href="https://stopa.io/post/297" rel="nofollow">https://stopa.io/post/297
I think something similar exists for Android but you'll need to do some research.
iOS also has another way to dumb down the phone by limiting which apps are available: <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/apple-buried-a-perfect-dumb-phone-feature-inside-your-iphone-heres-how-to-turn-it-on" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/apple-buried-a-perfect-dumb...
techblueberry · · focus · HN ↗
I think my killer feature would be a phone that is only configurable at a laptop. You can install whatever you want, but it has to be at the laptop. Website allow lists on the laptop. You can uninstall and block things on the phone but you can’t reinstall or unblock them until you’re back at your computer.
I feel like all the screen time features are intentionally under designed. Their incentives are obviously to keep you in your phone as long as possible, while making you feel like they care.
wrxd · · focus · HN ↗
iOS also has another way to dumb down the phone by limiting which apps are available: <a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/apple-buried-a-perfect-dumb-phone-feature-inside-your-iphone-heres-how-to-turn-it-on" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/apple-buried-a-perfect-dumb...