Tell HN: Keep Your Phone on a Leash

Re:Tell HN: Keep Your Phone on a Leash by jti107 on Monday October 03, 2022 @10:36PM (#33076175)

i read a book called dopamine nation and it was eye opening on how modern consumer products are designed to hijack your natural reward system. one of the products mentioned was ksafe which is a box with a timed lock.

first time i used it with my phone, I locked it from 8 PM - 7 AM.

it was eye opening how anxious and uncomfortable i felt not having my phone to browse whenever i felt bored or as i going to sleep.

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Re:Tell HN: Keep Your Phone on a Leash by jakabia on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:40AM (#33077532)

Hmm, but it's possible that as you can't reach your phone, eventually you'll develop into using your computer for browsing, isn't it?

At least, for me, it's a bigger problem than my phone.

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Re:Tell HN: Keep Your Phone on a Leash by fool1987 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @03:32AM (#33092400)

At least a computer is a lot higher effort to use. Much harder to start browsing due to a compulsion when you weren't already using it. I agree it's just as easy to slip into doomscrolling on a computer browser but only if you are already at the computer (for me, at least)

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