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Products/services that would be valuable to people fighting screen addiction?
546 sats \ 5 comments \ @Signal312 23 Oct culture
This might be wishful thinking, but I believe a backlash is beginning, against digital distraction. Against the norm of constantly being connected, constantly having your phone or laptop in front of you, and having images/videos/text in front of your face.
What kinds of products and services are going to become sought after in this new world? I have a few ideas here, please add your own.
  • Apps to protect your phone/laptop from digital dopamine. Like Stay Focused, OneSec.
  • Apps to navigate services that you need to use (i.e. Facebook) but make it easier to do ONLY what you mean to do. Like - some kind of app that filters for only Facebook Marketplace, for instance, and nothing else.
  • Babysitters/nannies that come with a guarantee - we keep your kids off screens. Lots of parents aren't able to, but someone else will.
  • Private schools that have a strict no-screen policy. (Lots of public schools say they limit phones, but don't, in reality. And all in-class instruction and all homework is done via a school-issued laptop, supposedly with filters but easy to circumvent.)
  • Restaurants/bars with no TVs
  • "Adult camp" with no screens. These are starting to come up, and of course there's already lots of kids camps that have a screen-free policy.
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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @SatAttack 24 Oct
For me personally I intentially have shitty barely working phones. The definition of a barely working phone these days is one that handles call, text, email, the occasional internet search and the occasional translation look up (i'm learning spanish) but struggles with most other things. I am currently bouncing back and forth between an iphone 5 and and iphone 10, both of which have issues handling the scrolling sights.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 OP 24 Oct
I do the same with laptops - I have a cruddy old $35 chromebook, on which everything is "allowed". It can be tediously slow, though.
On my main laptop, I cut off (via hosts file) sites like pinterest, youtube, etc.
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34 sats \ 2 replies \ @Akg10s3 23 Oct
Wow, I think I'd sign up for one of these... "Apps to protect your phone/laptop from digital dopamine. Like Stay Focused, OneSec.
I want to improve my concentration even more!
Maybe something like this will help...
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 OP 24 Oct
I'm thinking of trying to vibe code an app like OneSec - which I actually purchased a long time ago - back when you could actually purchase an app, and not subscribe to it.
OneSec just delays whatever app you're targeting, so you can't get the instant gratification - you need to wait for at least X number of seconds.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s3 24 Oct
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That's great! We're always trying to improve things!
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