Re:Solving Tech Addiction Is an Underappreciated Market Oppo...
by viraptor on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:35PM
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> Then, there is nothing stopping them from working around or disabling it at anytime.
Sure. But I think there's a bit of false dichotomy in this comment: you're either free or addicted with no control. There's a whole spectrum of behaviours. I do sometimes sink more time than I'd like into some service, and blocker apps solve that issue for me. Even a reminder: "do you really want to do this" would be enough in some cases. People I know have also been happy with a Facebook app blocker that monitors usage time.
You can uninstall all of that, but none of the people I'm taking about are completely out of control - just want to improve our lives.
If someone's literally addicted with no self control, that's a completely different issue though.
Sure. But I think there's a bit of false dichotomy in this comment: you're either free or addicted with no control. There's a whole spectrum of behaviours. I do sometimes sink more time than I'd like into some service, and blocker apps solve that issue for me. Even a reminder: "do you really want to do this" would be enough in some cases. People I know have also been happy with a Facebook app blocker that monitors usage time.
You can uninstall all of that, but none of the people I'm taking about are completely out of control - just want to improve our lives.
If someone's literally addicted with no self control, that's a completely different issue though.