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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by tasn on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @10:24AM (#42256755)
Love it! Reminds me of an app my brother and I built 10 years ago (time flies!). It's no longer on Google Play because of the maintenance burden of keeping it there, but here's a page with some screenshots: https://apkpure.com/spinach-motivation-lock-screen/com.tengu...

The idea was that if you're unlocking your screen, you should at least: (1) reinforce a mantra, or (2) force yourself to acknowledge you shouldn't be unlocking the phone.

Happy to share notes if you think that would be helpful.

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by mdaniel on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:26AM (#42257272)
Up to you, but if the app has (or could have) an OSI license, you could submit a PR to f-droid and the app could live on. They don't care if you ask for donations, so it could even resurrect a bit of revenue
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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by tasn on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:27AM (#42257287)
Yeah, I have a few apps on f-droid, maybe worth doing!
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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by jarko27 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:46PM (#42258570)
Wow. It's so cool to see such a project.

I even remember in 2019 finding an app that was using a popup after unlock to learn words of a foreign language, unfortunately, it closed and I cannot recall the name.

I would be happy to see the notes.

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by tasn on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @02:40PM (#42259027)
I think it could potentially be us too, though not sure. It was a very flexible product and we had a variety of use-cases. :)

We also had a lock screen app that you needed to play a tune on an instrument in order to unlock the screen. This too died because of Google maintenance burden (it had 500k downloads IIRC). Here's what I could find about that one: https://music-lock.en.softonic.com/android

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Re:Show HN: App that asks 'why?' every time you unlock your ... by jarko27 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:29PM (#42260861)
That app I mentioned also had iOS version as well. I don't know how they made it, because AFAIK any customisation to unlock/lock process weren't allowed on iOS from the very beginning.

But nevertheless. It's a bit disappointing that major operating systems are becoming more closed for developers to create such beautiful apps

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