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Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by MBCook »

danso wrote: post #8

It's interesting to me, though not surprising, the the author is so surprised that a software/UI feature could be successful in reducing usage. As if being addicted to phone/software were an inextricable psychological/physiological characteristic/flaw. I used to use Reddit and Facebook a lot more regularly -- more than daily. But ever since I changed my password to something that I can't recall without a password man…

It may be that they’re surprised the system isn’t easy to bypass and this is actually useful instead of pointless.

Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by Angostura »

newswriter99 wrote: post #4

Not trying to overly criticize, nitpick or detract from the point of the story, but is that really a headline that belongs at a journalism publication like The New York Times?

I'm surprised, given that it is the NYT that the headline isn't:

For Limiting Teenagers' Screentime, Apple Provides New Controls

Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by joezydeco »

newswriter99 wrote: post #4

Not trying to overly criticize, nitpick or detract from the point of the story, but is that really a headline that belongs at a journalism publication like The New York Times?

The NYT also reviews TV shows, movies, and Broadway productions. Are those any more/less newsworthy than a change to a system that millions of its readers are holding?

Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by tequila_shot »

danso wrote: post #8

It's interesting to me, though not surprising, the the author is so surprised that a software/UI feature could be successful in reducing usage. As if being addicted to phone/software were an inextricable psychological/physiological characteristic/flaw. I used to use Reddit and Facebook a lot more regularly -- more than daily. But ever since I changed my password to something that I can't recall without a password man…

I did something similar. I simply deleted my Facebook, Messenger and Instragram apps from my phone. Never went back.

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Post by thermodynthrway »

You would think a teenager with a job could just get their own phone plan. I'm kinda thankful helicopter parenting is being undermined by technology (internet+Uber), maybe one day we will get back to reasonable parenting practices they had back in the 60's-70's.

We don't let our kids roam the neighborhood anymore even though it's a magnitude safer than it was decades ago. I don't understand how we expect kids to start acting like grown ups between 18-20 when they've been treated like babies until then.

I was working at 14 and driving wherever by 16. By the time I was in college I was completely independent. Maybe 50% of my friends never even had a job and had no idea how to do laundry or take care of themselves.

If my parents said they were limiting my internet I would've laughed in their face

Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by derefr »

chris_mc wrote: post #5

> “It was just a pattern for me — to open my phone and I would have nowhere to go,” she said. “I was just looking at a screen. It was kind of weird, so I’m trying not to do that.” I found out I did the exact same thing when I deleted my Reddit account and set limits here on HN. I used to find myself unlocking my phone, looking at it, opening Google News to the same old articles, then locking it and doing something el…

Have you ever tried reading e-books? I've replaced most of my "on break" or "during commute" social-media time with plain reading of long-form content.

I wouldn't describe myself as "being a slave to technology"—I just wanted something to entertain me when I had nothing to do. Social media was a bad way to fill that hole, in terms of the emotional costs. Books are a better way to fill that hole. Even if both just look like "staring at your phone screen" from the outside.

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Post by danso »

MBCook wrote: post #11
danso wrote: post #8

It's interesting to me, though not surprising, the the author is so surprised that a software/UI feature could be successful in reducing usage. As if being addicted to phone/software were an inextricable psychological/physiological characteristic/flaw. I used to use Reddit and Facebook a lot more regularly -- more than daily. But ever since I changed my password to something that I can't recall without a password man…

It may be that they’re surprised the system isn’t easy to bypass and this is actually useful instead of pointless.

I think also it's that the average user doesn't know how to "hack" things. This includes "hacks" like editing etc/hosts to send domains to 0.0.0.0, but also extends to the general mentality and ambition to even think about altering software to their own personal needs.

Re: Using Apple’s New Controls to Limit a Teenager’s iPhone Time

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Post by egypturnash »

danso wrote: post #8

It's interesting to me, though not surprising, the the author is so surprised that a software/UI feature could be successful in reducing usage. As if being addicted to phone/software were an inextricable psychological/physiological characteristic/flaw. I used to use Reddit and Facebook a lot more regularly -- more than daily. But ever since I changed my password to something that I can't recall without a password man…

I find that when I have reinstalled something I would generally not have with me 24-7 like Twitter, writing about how I haven't gotten around to removing it yet is generally the final push to finally pick up the phone and nuke the app.
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