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I find it interesting that there isn't a movement to remove social and other distracting apps instead of completely ditching smartphones. Smartphone with defaul
by ianburrell 3y ago
I find it interesting that there isn't a movement to remove social and other distracting apps instead of completely ditching smartphones. Smartphone with default apps is about the same distraction as dumb phone but with a lot more functionality. It might be possible to use parental controls to enforce what apps can be installed or run.
- mancerayder 3y agoAn interesting point! It's as if we've been taught if we don't want random notifications, FB, IG and all that garbage, then we have to use a flip phone. No, it seems stupid to punish yourself with a system that forces numeric keypads into the alphabet (hit 1 three times for the letter C) versus just turning off notifications. Also how weak are individuals' willpower? They can't resist the temptations?
- phs318u 3y agoGood points except for that last sentence. We already know that not only some people wired such that they're much more likely to be compulsive/obsessive, we also know that some of the worst "culprits"/software vendors have explicitly and deliberately designed their applications with such dark patterns in mind precisely to exploit this human weakness.