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Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time

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Post by anteloper »

oidar wrote: post #108

ok. I tried it out, bought the subscription and it's super buggy. The blanks screens between the flow are just not smooth at all. Having to manage the notifications and the inbetween screens - is a mess. And when the you get an error that this app has been prevented from opening b/c it is restricted - and get caught in a loop - it's pretty off putting. Back to shortcuts for me.

sorry for the frustrating experience. it sounds like something went wrong here - would you mind opening the app -> settings -> report an error?

that way I'll be able to see your user id and track down the issue.

Re: Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time

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Post by pfista »

anteloper wrote: post #62
csmeder wrote: post #54

Hi Royce and Oliver, I have a suggestion: look into dimming the screen slowly for the last 30-60 seconds before you pull a person out of the app. This will greatly decrease the annoyance of being pulled out. It gives you time to anticipate being done with your session. I do this with my toddler. We let him use our phone to look at family videos while we are changing him. If I turn the phone off abruptly, it can be fr…

This is brilliant, will absolutely hack around with it this weekend. I think it's possible to temporarily modify brightness on iOS as a third party app, thanks very much for the suggestion

Instead of brightness, you could make the screen go black and white. I already do this to reduce my screen time. You can set screen colors in accessibility, and scrolling instagram is much more boring when it's in B&W.

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Post by jh00ker »

csmeder wrote: post #54

Hi Royce and Oliver, I have a suggestion: look into dimming the screen slowly for the last 30-60 seconds before you pull a person out of the app. This will greatly decrease the annoyance of being pulled out. It gives you time to anticipate being done with your session. I do this with my toddler. We let him use our phone to look at family videos while we are changing him. If I turn the phone off abruptly, it can be fr…

Wow! Brilliant idea!

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Post by Aaronstotle »

pfista wrote: post #113
anteloper wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is brilliant, will absolutely hack around with it this weekend. I think it's possible to temporarily modify brightness on iOS as a third party app, thanks very much for the suggestion

Instead of brightness, you could make the screen go black and white. I already do this to reduce my screen time. You can set screen colors in accessibility, and scrolling instagram is much more boring when it's in B&W.

I have my triple tap set to B&W, definitely makes things a lot less interesting.

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Post by nomat »

pfista wrote: post #113
anteloper wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is brilliant, will absolutely hack around with it this weekend. I think it's possible to temporarily modify brightness on iOS as a third party app, thanks very much for the suggestion

Instead of brightness, you could make the screen go black and white. I already do this to reduce my screen time. You can set screen colors in accessibility, and scrolling instagram is much more boring when it's in B&W.

same. wish there was a shortcut i could place on my home screen as a toggle though.

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Post by gukov »

Aaronstotle wrote: post #115
pfista wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of brightness, you could make the screen go black and white. I already do this to reduce my screen time. You can set screen colors in accessibility, and scrolling instagram is much more boring when it's in B&W.

I have my triple tap set to B&W, definitely makes things a lot less interesting.

I had that and found it to be less effective since it was so easy to disable it.

I'm now using the iOS shortcut automation turning on the BW mode at 10pm and then disabling it at 5pm.

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Post by Multiplayer »

anteloper wrote: post #49
abpavel wrote: post #46

Truly Awesome! However "the website is not supported" is a dealbreaker for me. I do my doom scrolling through browsers, as the apps have already been restricted through screen time.

This is actually a bit of a misnomer at the moment, we need to update our messaging - but you can in fact restrict any websites you want. To do it, open clearspace and tap one of the apps you've already set up. Then click the "websites" section. You'll be able to associate domains there, so whenever that app is unlocked, those websites will be as well. Otherwise they're restricted. Hope this helps! Literally just rol…

This isn't working for me on my macbook with the chrome extension. I've added cnn.com, nytimes.com, etc and I can still get to them on chrome with the extension. I've restarted my browser. Or am I misunderstanding that this is possible?
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