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Re:Ask HN: Mobile phone addiction help? by idrios on Monday May 03, 2021 @02:58PM (#27029245)
One of the steps for overcoming alcoholism is getting the alcohol out of your house. Phone addiction is the same way, it definitely takes hard work and discipline on the part of the user, but there needs to be a way to get rid of your phone or at least the functionality that makes it addictive, without losing essential utility like keeping in contact with people, or in OP's case a mobile-only bank account
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Re:Ask HN: Mobile phone addiction help? by rchaud on Monday May 03, 2021 @03:21PM (#27029525)
The distracting sites mentioned in the OP exist on desktop as well.
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Re:Ask HN: Mobile phone addiction help? by idrios on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:24PM (#27032647)
On desktop is much easier to do what OP is asking, a la network tricks mentioned in a sibling comment, editing your computer's hosts file, or other measures.
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Re:Ask HN: Mobile phone addiction help? by Freak_NL on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:41AM (#27034665)
Browser extensions work well here too.
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Re:Ask HN: Mobile phone addiction help? by andrewnc on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:59PM (#27033929)
Gabb just raised $14mm to try and solve this problem
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