I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip phone for a month

Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by bpye on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:04PM (#38898313)

The killer for me is the web browser, that’s how I access Reddit on my phone these days and it can be a big time sink…

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Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by Twinklebreeze on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:14PM (#38898367)

I hear Reddit is actually working to help people cut down usage. Worked really well for me. I'm down to 0 hours.

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Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by ambrose2 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @02:50AM (#38899385)

Could you elaborate? What are they doing?

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Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by mcmoor on Sunday January 07, 2024 @03:44AM (#38899632)

I mostly use it using third party app. I can't do it anymore, so my usage is also down to almost 0 hours.

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Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by cykros on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:23AM (#38900316)

Whether it's their goal or not, they're succeeding at it well. The number of people I know that gave up and never looked back after they blocked third party clients is quite a bit above zero.

Even inspired one group I interact with to bring back a BBS as an alternative.

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Re:I was addicted to my smartphone, so I switched to a flip ... by treme on Saturday January 06, 2024 @11:49PM (#38898543)

if android, blockada has host block feature (similar to editing/blocking via host file on PC)

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