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Going gray for smartphone addiction

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Re: Going gray for smartphone addiction

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After reading this article [1], I created a small "disconnect box" that sits by my front door (it's a repurposed iphone box). When I'm home, and especially when the kids are awake, the phone stays in there. I can hear if someone calls, but otherwise notifications are off. Working quite well so far!

[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/your-smartphone-i...

Re: Going gray for smartphone addiction

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Took me a while to get what this app does, maybe it would be a better idea to link to their homepage: https://gogray.today/ > What was bright and shiny was now dull and boring. It's like turning your favourite dessert into broccoli. This fantastic analogy it was sold me on signing up, good copywriting:

I understand that the analogy might work for many but I would choose boiled broccoli with olive oil and pepper over any dessert.

Yes, thank you! Same!

Re: Going gray for smartphone addiction

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post #19
post #6

Took me a while to get what this app does, maybe it would be a better idea to link to their homepage: https://gogray.today/ > What was bright and shiny was now dull and boring. It's like turning your favourite dessert into broccoli. This fantastic analogy it was sold me on signing up, good copywriting:

I understand that the analogy might work for many but I would choose boiled broccoli with olive oil and pepper over any dessert.

The form of the analogy is the important point, not the specifics.

"It's like turning into ."

Re: Going gray for smartphone addiction

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post #32

Setting my phone to gray scale didn't "cure" me from my smartphone addiction. But it did help. In particular, games stopped being fun to play. I just finished up one week of only carrying an LTE Apple Watch as a smartphone replacement and it has been incredibly effective.

> In particular, games stopped being fun to play.

I'm on a GameBoy kick recently, so that statement stands out, to me.

Re: Going gray for smartphone addiction

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post #32

Setting my phone to gray scale didn't "cure" me from my smartphone addiction. But it did help. In particular, games stopped being fun to play. I just finished up one week of only carrying an LTE Apple Watch as a smartphone replacement and it has been incredibly effective.

> In particular, games stopped being fun to play. I'm on a GameBoy kick recently, so that statement stands out, to me.

Ah, fair point. The main difference is that the games I was playing were not explicitly designed for grey scale. If I had been playing on a GameBoy emulator, I wouldn't have even noticed!
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