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I’m inching closer and closer to just deleting every app on my phone and tablet except what allows me to take calls, answer emails, and read books. I read so mu
by mrtranscendence 4y ago
I’m inching closer and closer to just deleting every app on my phone and tablet except what allows me to take calls, answer emails, and read books. I read so much when I was a kid, with a great deal of focus, but now I feel like I need constant shifting multisensory stimulation. I can hardly get through ten minutes of a movie without pausing to look at my phone. I can’t listen to a podcast without playing a game or something at the same time.
I absolutely feel that I’ve gotten dumber in the last fifteen years.
- hedora 4y agoDo you know of a phone that lets you do that? In particular, how do you uninstall the web browser?
- mrtranscendence 4y agoTechnically you can remove Safari from an iPhone the same way you uninstall any app, though I’ve never tried it (yet). Apple added the ability to remove built-in apps a few versions ago. I suspect it leaves the guts in place, as Safari is used by the OS, but it should remove the ability to use it as an app. No idea about android.
- throwawayboise 4y agoAndroid is shipped with a number of apps that cannot be removed (or even disabled). Some are Google's, and some are added by the phone manufacturer (e.g. Samsung) and some are added by the carrier (e.g. AT&T) if you buy the phone from the carrier.
- mdp2021 4y agoIf you cannot with your own, you could try with custom ROMs, or through rooting (check the security implications though). One thing, "to each its own", but I would like to /have/ a web browser on my mobile OS devices: no browser I know does text reflow since very many years, which implies, "there is no browser". Maybe you should really assess the quality of your practices: awareness (of the absurdities) will have you manage your actions differently and accordingly.