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How’s this compare to computer/internet usage? I’ve been chronically online most years since age 7 but didn’t get a smartphone until 22 or so.
by thebigspacefuck 11mo ago
How’s this compare to computer/internet usage? I’ve been chronically online most years since age 7 but didn’t get a smartphone until 22 or so.
- BrenBarn 11mo agoMy anecdotal observations suggest it's pretty different. One thing is you can (and do, if you're a kid) carry it everywhere with you and stare at it all the time. I think the phone UI where each app takes over the whole screen also increases the impact of the worst sorts of apps (like TikTok).
- gblargg 11mo agoInteresting observation about everything effectively running in full-screen on a smartphone, taking it out of the larger context of whatever else you were doing before that.
- jackvalentine 11mo agoVery! I’ll be thinking about that for a while.
- kogasa240p 11mo agoPersonally I'd think its different, smartphone apps usually have tons of dark patterns and are designed to always be with you versus a desktop or even a laptop.
- techjamie 11mo agoIt probably makes a difference that the internet of ~15 years ago was healthier to use than the half-dozen websites that encompass the entire internet for most people today. Attention-optimizing algorithms and infinite scrolling are some of the worst inventions that have come to the internet since the pop-up ad.