i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touching grass

Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by risquer on Monday February 24, 2025 @07:15AM (#43158661)

i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps

the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not

i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.

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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by dudefeliciano on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:13AM (#43159156)

I love this, the internet needs more of these weird concept apps. As another commenter mentioned, perhaps this could be extended for people that don't have grass around them due to season/location? Touch snow, touch sand, etc

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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by FollowingTheDao on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:44AM (#43159479)

"I love this app that gets me off of my phone!"

"We need more apps!"

Can we just sit and mediate and listen to ourselves grasping?

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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by dudefeliciano on Monday February 24, 2025 @08:55AM (#43159592)

Uhm I think you misunderstood me. What I meant is that I love these trivial, fun, silly apps that make the internet more interesting. You can certainly sit and meditate whenever you want

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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by risquer on Monday February 24, 2025 @10:19AM (#43160516)

Thanks man! I plan on letting the user set what they have to touch, it's on the roadmap!

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