Like here for instance? They could always set up the phone to only allow set times on certain apps. However, of you can set a time limit, you can also unset a time limit. Not having the apps and games in front of you is the key thing.
You wouldn’t expect a smoker to walk about with fags and lighter in their pocket and not touch them, or an alcoholic with a half bottle of vodka in their bag, calling them all day.
We’ve been led into a world of ‘must have’ apps, blogs and an always online culture.
It’ll do us a power of good to step back from that. Beehaw, PieFed and Vivaldi Social are the only ones I keep now.
Spending a lot less time online and reading a hell of a lot more. And I feel better for it. Less stressed and more relaxed. I don’t have the peer pressure that young kids get though. Any that tells me I ‘must’ use a certain app can do one and they get a lecture on online security and conspiracy theories to go with it. They soon give up 😉
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I mean, they’re quite literally designed to be as addicting as possible. I can’t blame people for getting addicted to social media when billions of dollars have been invested in research on how to get them hooked.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
True, even Lemmy is somewhat addictive