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Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by wincy on Sunday February 04, 2024 @10:23PM (#39256940)
My wife and I both have iPhones and MacBooks as our primary computing devices, and have setup blocks for each other’s phones.

So we voluntarily (I have to stress, this is something we both are 100% on board with, don’t be a creep) set a passcode, and from midnight to 8pm our browsers are locked down, we can only use a few apps, and we’re focused on the kids or work. The only problem with this is overriding it requires us to be together in person, but over a few weeks we’ve hammered it out pretty well. Each one can ask the other to unlock stuff, but just having that little extra hurdle goes a long way in helping reduce screen addiction.

The only criticism I have of it so far is my wife gets really weird when everything unlocks because she’s in sort of a mad rush to watch her shows, haha.

Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone by kccqzy on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:24AM (#39258280)
I've been doing the same thing with my wife for a few years now.

The only unexpected bit is that you two need to be together when replacing the phone (such as erasing it, transferring contents, or similar).