Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep

Re:Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep by jacinda on Sunday November 15, 2015 @07:18AM (#10569403)

And yet Apple recently forced f.lux to take down the sideloaded version of their iOS app despite the fact that they have no public APIs available to do what f.lux does.

See here: https://justgetflux.com/sideload/#notanymore

HN Posting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10556375

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Re:Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep by walterbell on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:58AM (#10569616)

Kudos to the BBC for increasing awareness of this issue with non-technical device users, who will need manufacturers to implement bedtime mode as a factory-installed feature.

Previous industries have sold products with negative health impacts, with changes eventually coming from consumer pushback, government regulation and/or class-action lawsuits.

There must be at least one mainstream device manufacturer who has a large advertising budget and can take a leadership position by implementing bedtime mode and advertising the health benefits.

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Re:Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep by allencoin on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:43AM (#10569716)

I haven't done any mobile development, so forgive my ignorance. But the concept of a program not being "allowed" on my device is bizarre to me.

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Re:Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep by Zelphyr on Sunday November 15, 2015 @11:39AM (#10570075)

It's not that the program isn't allowed. It's that the program uses unpublished API's which Apple doesn't allow.

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Re:Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep by allencoin on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @02:55PM (#10583538)

I see the difference here now. Thanks!

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