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Yet another newspaper talking about a new trend (that they possibly made up by cherry picking).
Today I learned that people pay money for an app that stops them from using a (probably expensive) phone. And not just a few people, but enough for the Freedom app to have 2 investment rounds and 11-50 employees[0]. Is it just me, or does that sound like something has gone horribly wrong somewhere? Why not just mute all notifications, or put the phone on silent or airplane mode, or switch it off, or even just replace…
Anytime this phrase is used, you can bet it’s followed up with something fallacious.
Similar to the famous “why not just us rsync?” Comment about Dropbox.
Calling it that feels wrong to me. They're putting a label on people who ignore their manipulative trash. Plenty of people don't use social media, or watch news and movies, they're not in "monk mode"
Arguably the difference there is that the monk mode has made a sacrifice (did have, now does not) rather than not having in the first place. Depends on how you define 'monk' I guess :)
>The term has gone viral on TikTok, where videos marked with the hashtag #monkmode now have more than 77 million views, up from 31 million in May.
Today I learned that people pay money for an app that stops them from using a (probably expensive) phone. And not just a few people, but enough for the Freedom app to have 2 investment rounds and 11-50 employees[0]. Is it just me, or does that sound like something has gone horribly wrong somewhere? Why not just mute all notifications, or put the phone on silent or airplane mode, or switch it off, or even just replace…
This smells like a thinly veiled attempt at marketing for Freedom, rather than solving the problem. Sort of like "it's ok to binge drink all weekend because of this app, but not on a work day!" sort of mentality.
Nobody prevents you from using Freedom in your free time as well. I have it blocking addicting sites 24/7 on all my smartphones, it has worked fairly well.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I found disabling notifications and moving the app off the Home Screen did the trick for me. I unintentionally weaned myself off Facebook. Facebook did this to themself. When they started throwing irrelevant push notifications at me I couldn’t turn off, I just disabled ALL of them. That was a dumbass invasive move on their part which I’m sure hurt more than it helped their engagement.
It's possible that they found out that the vast majority of users don't disable the notifications so you would fall in the minority who do. Still worth it for them
I'm not even convinced the vast majority of users know that disabling notifications is possible.
I've succesfully rolled out a (IMHO) better version of the "Freedom" app, that comes with a load of other benefits like being cheaper and even more effective. My phone can only make calls and texts because it's a dumb phone, and I have to go to my computer if I want to waste time on the internet.
Apps shouldn't be able to "notify" you (by default), in the same way your home appliance are not interrupting you.
Today I learned that people pay money for an app that stops them from using a (probably expensive) phone. And not just a few people, but enough for the Freedom app to have 2 investment rounds and 11-50 employees[0]. Is it just me, or does that sound like something has gone horribly wrong somewhere? Why not just mute all notifications, or put the phone on silent or airplane mode, or switch it off, or even just replace…
100% agree. It’s interesting that people purchase an app for what is already included on a phone for free. If they have an iPhone, they can also reduce the time an app or website has per day.
Today I learned that people pay money for an app that stops them from using a (probably expensive) phone. And not just a few people, but enough for the Freedom app to have 2 investment rounds and 11-50 employees[0]. Is it just me, or does that sound like something has gone horribly wrong somewhere? Why not just mute all notifications, or put the phone on silent or airplane mode, or switch it off, or even just replace…
Why not just mute notifications? I had already muted them, but found myself opening Reddit when I had downtime.
Why not just put the phone on silent mode? Because my job requires me to be reachable by phone, and I want some close family and friends to reach me. Also, I already muted the problem apps/sites- see above.
Why not just turn the phone off? See above.
Why not just replace it with a dumb phone? Because I still want email, general web browsing, music, podcasts, ebooks, maps, notes, password management, home automation, finance, and a good camera. Most of these things are either essential or enriching for my job and lifestyle.
I abolished the words "just" and "simply" from my vocabulary, because 80% of the times I used them, I sounded like a fool.