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Re:Purism – Fund Your App by greggyb on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:24PM (#24724576)
And those seconds will be dominated by the tens of minutes I spend in other apps per day. And Android and iOS already monitor which apps you use. The calculation of ratios could easily be done locally.
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Re:Purism – Fund Your App by tehjoker on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:58PM (#24726294)
> And Android and iOS already monitor which apps you use.

I know that. I don't want it as I stated above.

> And those seconds will be dominated by the tens of minutes I spend in other apps per day.

That was just an easy to understand example. The real money will be in maxing out total screen time. Such examples exist as Facebook, Netflix, or advertising driven platforms that hyper-optimize for watch-time or "engagement" to our detriment.

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