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'Gentle Parenting' My Smartphone Addiction

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/gentle-parenting-my-smartphone-addiction
31•fortran77•4h ago

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huhkerrf•3h ago
https://archive.ph/bGTKg
zephyrus1985•2h ago
thanks
Centigonal•3h ago
I need to pay for a New Yorker subscription to see some native advertising for an app I need to pay for that claims to combat information addiction
bitpush•3h ago
I know, right?. The audacity of publishers expecting to be paid for work they do.
righthand•2h ago
They already do get paid, that’s why they sell all their readers out to advertising. They need MORE money?
kjkjadksj•2h ago
Yeah they do. The readership is the product to be marketed towards. The clients are the advertisers. That is why they don’t go subscription free with a higher ad rate: their real clients would leave.
bitpush•1h ago
"Apple makes money from iPhones and they are charging for Airpods and Macbooks as well. They need MORE money?"

What a weird take.

vkou•36m ago
The existence of the Macbook does not really degrade the UX of an iPhone.

Either way, if there's too many ads in a paid publication, don't subscribe to it.

bigyabai•21m ago
There is fair and documented product placement, and then there is native advertisement. This is the latter, undoubtedly.

As someone that doesn't pay a dime for news, this sort of article leaves me pretty content with my investment.

nkrisc•2h ago
You can just not pay them and not read it. You’ll be fine if you don’t read it.
sfpotter•1h ago
They can also complain and make snarky comments. You don't have to read them or comment. You'll be fine if you don't.
mrexroad•1h ago
<!—- Insert joke about subscribing to the New Yorker and never finding time to read it —->
rdlw•1h ago
Christ, what an asshole!
huhkerrf•3h ago
Not surprising that a magazine that has been called a $12,000 espresso machine turned into a periodical only mentions iPhone apps, but if you're an Android, there are also a lot of good apps for this.

For locking you out of apps based on time, location, or usage, Lock Me Out is really good. You can get most of what you need out of it without paying anything, which can't be said for a lot of the others. (Am I really going to pay a subscription for this? Yuck.)

I couple it with Olauncher, which also doesn't need a subscription.

I'm not affiliated with either, but just those that have worked well for me.

politelemon•3h ago
Thank you. Are there any equivalent analogues for desktop browser doom scrolling?
bramhaag•3h ago
Leechblock NG [1] allows you to block sites on a schedule or add time limits.

[1] https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

reverendsteveii•2h ago
if you're on a mac or linux you can always edit /etc/hosts to redirect traffic to localhost, effectively killing the site on your local machine
roflchoppa•2h ago
for MacOs https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol
masfuerte•2h ago
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ditto.
littlecranky67•1h ago
Create a separate, non-admin user account that is controled by any parental control apps, parental proxy filters etc. and use that one for work or during leisure time. You can then time-lock your admin- or parental control password using an online time lock service such as lockmeout.online or other solutions.
richardw•44m ago
https://freedom.to/ Works everywhere for me.
nativeit•15m ago
This is somewhat tangential, but related: if you are savvy enough to setup some self-hosted apps, I have used FreshRSS (along with some related extensions/plugins) to great effect in an effort to remove the direct influence of algorithms and endless scrolling.

With some tweaks, I can even use it to maintain subscriptions to YouTube channels and social media feeds. It’s maybe a subtle distinction, but I feel like having a very prosaic, chronological list of posts/articles/videos promotes healthier habits for consuming them.

reverendsteveii•3h ago
I use blocksite to help with avoiding the mobile browser versions of these services as well. another one where you can get most of what you need for free and while of course you can always undo something you did the extra few seconds it takes to unblock facebook is often time enough for me to determine whether I'm actually using it for a purpose or dopamine regulating.
goda90•2h ago
I switched to Lock Me Out recently, much better than the others I've tried.
CobrastanJorji•1m ago
I just looked through it and noticed that one of the options for unlocking access is paying Lock Me Out an amount of money that you configure. So like "to help myself with my Reddit addiction, I'll pay $5 every time I open Reddit."

Now THERE's a business model. Hot damn.

rob_c•2h ago
> Am I really going to pay a subscription for this?

You pay a subscription to kill your subscriptions whilst your in queue for your subscriptions to get more for your addictions...

If your smart enough to ask no. If your not gullible enough to have your action taken from you, no. If you're too childish to believe a habit is an addiction yes, if you're too stupid to know the difference yes, and if you're a fool you'll simply pay for the pro plus version.

RandallBrown•1h ago
I believe Opal is coming to Android.
jvm___•1h ago
I have a 30 minute hourglass that I put on my phone beside me on my desk. I can still see and read notifications or change the song but I'm not allowed to pickup my phone and actually use it.
lukko•48m ago
Is this a paid placement? It seems kinda unusual for the NY to name an app on the home page, and there doesn't seem to be anything unique about Opal vs other blocker apps.
awaseem•2m ago
Such a strange article, why mention Opal by name. There are so many other free alternatives and opal is over 120 dollars a year. Basically saying if you got money you can solve that addiction.

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