Re:How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
by TheMightyLlama on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:19AM
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Are there any apps or setting which reduce the saturation of colours? I notice that in many publicly available screens, such as in gyms, the saturation is extremely high drawing my attention to it. I find that this is also the case on my iPhone and Mac.
Certainly I can go monotone. But not desaturate partially.
Re:How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
by sudhirkhanger on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @09:20AM
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Re:How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
by nicbou on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:13AM
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SelfControl for Mac is ridiculously effective. I just leave my mobile phone in another room. TOTP can work with a password manager. I can walk to another room to log into my bank account as needed.
Re:How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
by sudhirkhanger on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @06:26AM
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SMS is another one that is hooked on to the mobile. To some extent Messages app helps on Android regarding this.
I have removed all social media apps from my device including Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. I don't use media streaming apps on mobile like YouTube.
I do spend a lot of time reading on mobile that is helpful but it does train my focus to constantly context switch and reduces my ability to focus for non-appealing tasks for a long period like reading books.
Only thing that has helps is putting the device away but banking apps, TOTP, etc. makes it difficult.
But I have unsuccessfully tried DND, gray screen, etc.
There is research that reducing mobile usage by an hour a day improves wellbeing. But I don't know how to tackle this situation in a sustainable manner.