Very cool! I was about to pay $50 to do this with Brick. What's the best way to support the project?
Saw there's a "Support Us" option in the app for $2. Will do that!
Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions
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#62Very cool; wondering if this could work as a parental control. "screen time" on iOS is fundamentally broken, and something like this would require the child to come to the parent for screen time extensions (if the parent has the NFC chip).
How is that different from the parent holding the code?
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#63Why isn't the app available in the Netherlands?
Would be great if it was available in the UK too!
Re: Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions
#64Very cool; wondering if this could work as a parental control. "screen time" on iOS is fundamentally broken, and something like this would require the child to come to the parent for screen time extensions (if the parent has the NFC chip).
How is that different from the parent holding the code?
Apple Screen Time will occasionally stop blocking applications, allowing the child account to use them without restrictions.
Other drawbacks include only a single period of "down time" per day. There is also an inability to totally block applications; the closest analogue is to set a maximum of one minute for the website or application.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is that different from the parent holding the code?
Apple Screen Time will occasionally stop blocking applications, allowing the child account to use them without restrictions. Other drawbacks include only a single period of "down time" per day. There is also an inability to totally block applications; the closest analogue is to set a maximum of one minute for the website or application.
not just occasionally but often, in our experience with multiple phones and iPads. I have 2 kids with devices and have found Screen Time completely useless. It is the right idea in theory but in practice it's broken (I'm guessing no Apple higher ups have young kids that they've tried to use this with.)
Also, besides the resets (and by reset I mean not just time restrictions but content restrictions too), my kid can just bypass it by entering his AppleID password.
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#66Not available in Spain. :(
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#67Re: Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions
#68Is it not available in the EU?
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#69So this is just a wrapper for Automations and Profiles (or how Apple calls it: Focus). But i like the idea to make such features accessible to the everyone and not only people who geek out on their phone. As others pointed out you should implement qr codes which would make it even more usable.
Yeah absolutely, I went with the profiles logic switch so I can add other forms of activations for blocking and unblocking, like QR codes, timers, etc...
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#70Cool idea, wanted to try it out but it's not available in my country. Any reason for this? :)
No reason, just messed up the listing haha. I've had a few people reach out and I'm going to open it this weekend!