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I don't have this problem. I can't stand and have never been able to stand browsing social media or the internet on smart phones. I have the latest iphone max,

I don't have this problem. I can't stand and have never been able to stand browsing social media or the internet on smart phones. I have the latest iphone max, but I only use it for comms (phone, SMS, email, slack, discord, zoom if I'm on the go and really screwed) and taking pictures. I never have and never will "consume" on my phone unless I have absolutely no other choice of device to use (like if I were locked in an elevator with only my phone for several days). Mobile websites are terrible so when I do "consume" on my phone I inevitably check the "request desktop site" checkbox and do everything I can to avoid the site thinking I'm mobile, because once they know you're mobile 2/3rds of the features suddenly are unavailable typically. 99.99% of my media consumption, video watching, and web browsing is on my laptop or through various streaming devices like apple tv, etc. In the past I did play a few select mobile games that were quite good like Bloons TD, but I always gravitated towards the desktop version instead when it became available, and I find that these days there aren't any good games that aren't pay-to-win via microtransactions, at least none that come up when I poke around. So for these reasons I've never understood how someone could find their phone addicting. It's an ad-displaying machine with terrble UX and limited functionality that can also do comms. I browse social media like Twitter, etc., on my laptop. I can't understand how anyone would ever want to do that on mobile. My favorite phone I've ever owned was still my Lumia 1020 back in the golden days of windows phone. That phone embodied the two tasks I care about (comms and taking pictures), had a dark-mode UI way before that became popular, and generally just stayed out of the way and was performant.

tintedfireglass 4y ago
Yep, it's not the phone it's the apps on the phone that are addicting. Delete them and you'll live in peace and tranquility.
- sys_64738 4y ago
  > Delete them and you'll live in peace and tranquility. ^ This. My app install strategy is zero apps installed by me.
giraffe_lady 4y ago
What was the point of writing this though? You have an extremely anomalous use of and relationship to smartphones that makes you immune to the problems other people have with them. Yet those problems are widespread, and the ways you've avoided them aren't really accessible or acceptable to most of the people experiencing them. You don't come right out and say it but there's definitely a virtuousness angle here. If other people were just good in the ways you are good, they wouldn't have these problems. They have in some sense the ability to avoid these consequences, and so they are choosing to have them. They deserve them, in a sense. Right?
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  Imagine berating someone for their inability to relate. Perhaps the poster has undiagnosed autism? It's surprisingly common in adults. The point of posting it was clearly attempting to understand/relate.
  - giraffe_lady 4y ago
    It wasn't at all clear to me that that was the attempt being made. But then, I do have diagnosed autism so hey.
    - hammyhavoc 4y ago
      You're in good company here on HN (me too).
- sam0x17 4y ago
  My point is I don't understand what sucks people in. Explain to me how you normies operate. How can you stand mobile ux?
thr0wawayf00 4y ago
> So for these reasons I've never understood how someone could find their phone addicting. This is like saying "I don't abuse alcohol, therefore I can't understand how others could abuse alcohol." Good for you, dude. I guess be thankful that you don't have these struggles, but try to understand that your life experience isn't necessarily shared.

tintedfireglass 4y ago

Yep, it's not the phone it's the apps on the phone that are addicting. Delete them and you'll live in peace and tranquility.

sys_64738 4y ago
> Delete them and you'll live in peace and tranquility. ^ This. My app install strategy is zero apps installed by me.

giraffe_lady 4y ago

What was the point of writing this though? You have an extremely anomalous use of and relationship to smartphones that makes you immune to the problems other people have with them. Yet those problems are widespread, and the ways you've avoided them aren't really accessible or acceptable to most of the people experiencing them. You don't come right out and say it but there's definitely a virtuousness angle here. If other people were just good in the ways you are good, they wouldn't have these problems. They have in some sense the ability to avoid these consequences, and so they are choosing to have them. They deserve them, in a sense. Right?

hammyhavoc 4y ago
Imagine berating someone for their inability to relate. Perhaps the poster has undiagnosed autism? It's surprisingly common in adults. The point of posting it was clearly attempting to understand/relate.
- giraffe_lady 4y ago
  It wasn't at all clear to me that that was the attempt being made. But then, I do have diagnosed autism so hey.
  - hammyhavoc 4y ago
    You're in good company here on HN (me too).
sam0x17 4y ago
My point is I don't understand what sucks people in. Explain to me how you normies operate. How can you stand mobile ux?

thr0wawayf00 4y ago

> So for these reasons I've never understood how someone could find their phone addicting. This is like saying "I don't abuse alcohol, therefore I can't understand how others could abuse alcohol." Good for you, dude. I guess be thankful that you don't have these struggles, but try to understand that your life experience isn't necessarily shared.