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Re:My Struggle with Doom Scrolling by DamnInteresting on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:26PM (#42796521)
> It really makes me want a 1980s-style cellphone with no screen and big physical buttons.

If you're using an iPhone, you can use Assistive Access to disable a lot of stuff, making it functionally simiilar to a flip phone:

https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/set-...

There's probably an Android equivalent, but I can't speak to that.

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Re:My Struggle with Doom Scrolling by timbeccue on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:58AM (#42805679)
The big downside that keeps me from using it is that you need to whitelist the contacts you want to be able to call/text, and can’t add new contacts in assistive access mode. Sad, because it otherwise looks perfect as a distraction minimizer.
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