Re:The Average American Spent 2.5 Months on Their Phone in 2024
by elorant on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:20AM
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It's not just discipline. Kindles are more convenient too for reading. No refresh rate so you can spend hours reading without eye strain.
Re:The Average American Spent 2.5 Months on Their Phone in 2024
by trescenzi on Sunday December 29, 2024 @09:34AM
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Yea that’s totally fair. I’d actually second the kindle/ereader recommendation if the goal is to read more. One awesome feature of the kindle is that it auto syncs progress so you can use your kindle for most of your reading but if you’re away without it the kindle app on your phone will know what page you’re on.
Re:The Average American Spent 2.5 Months on Their Phone in 2024
by frereubu on Sunday December 29, 2024 @04:49PM
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> there’s also ways to lock yourself out of apps and websites after X amount of time on them
I've tried this, but it feels like a big administrative burden, having to think about how long each app should be, when it should be available etc, similar to the feelings I had on Facebook about bureaucratising friendships (who's an "acquiantance", who's a "close friend").
It feels like you have to make so many explicit decisions for digital stuff that was much more fluid before - don't want X to come to a party? Don't phone them.
Even if many of us old school computer users don’t quite like it phones are the general purpose computing devices for many people. There’s no reason to worry about the generic time spent using them.