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Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo... by ip26 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:02PM (#18178301)
I cut myself off time to time in various ways. I canceled home internet for a few months one time, another I switched to a flip phone for a month. I'll frequently remove Chrome from my phone. I have tried the greyscale thing many times. Etc.

What makes all this Hard is the plethora of legitimate use. When I canceled home internet, I was unable to log in to work from home (five minutes a day in the evenings helps keep the compute cluster rolling). When I switched to a flip phone I started cooking less- the smartphone had made planning meals & shopping easier. When I remove Chrome, inevitably a week or two later I'm on the road and want to book a hotel or find a campground or check on road construction. When I switch my phone to greyscale, weather charts & maps become impossible to read.

Personally, if I was working on code & my goalposts were a commit to GitHub- well, without access to stackoverflow I might never be able to finish.

All that said, thank you for your perspective. It is not hard to believe many people do not actually want to change.

Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo... by njarboe on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:46PM (#18180776)
A similar situation to eating too much. You have to eat and so many events include food. Eliminating it from your life as a way to stem the over use is not practical.
Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo... by village-idiot on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:54PM (#18181609)
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