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Frankly, addiction and bad habits make it very difficult to sustain that when it’s easy to re-enable things. I have hardly any notifications, my phone is perpe
by msftie 8y ago
Frankly, addiction and bad habits make it very difficult to sustain that when it’s easy to re-enable things.
I have hardly any notifications, my phone is perpetually on silent with vibrate disabled (I often miss calls and texts), and I have no “social media” apps beyond iMessage/Signal. But I still reach for it at every idle moment (most time being spent in the browser).
The one app I truly need is a keepass client. Not sure how I will overcome that without a smartphone.
- cgoecknerwald 8y agoI agree. Mobile internet is a double-edged sword: super useful, super distracting / addicting. Several years ago, I rooted my android to add sites such as reddit and nytimes (news junkie) to map to 0.0.0.0 in the hostfile, effectively blocking them. Then, I removed the file navigator (ES File Explorer). I have found this sufficient.
- pnloyd 8y agoWhy not block hacker news? Not as addicting as the others? Edit: oops didn't see your list wasn't exhaustive.
- cgoecknerwald 8y agoHackerNews also seems to be designed to be less addicting and immediately rewarding, don't you think? It's more geared towards technical deep reads than BBC or something similar.
- iamnothere 8y agoIt's possible to disable the stock browser. If you really need browsing capability for something, you can temporarily install it, or carry a tablet for "emergency" web use. This is the only method I've found that can completely crush smartphone addiction. Re-enabling the browser and waiting to install updates seems to be a big enough hurdle to prevent any casual browsing.