Siempo's new app will break your smartphone addiction
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Siempo's new app will break your smartphone addiction
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#2"To help you understand your current phone habits, Siempo needs permission to store information on this device. We do not read your private files or collect information about files on your device."
No option to opt-out
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#3"To help you understand your current phone habits, Siempo needs permission to store information on this device. We do not read your private files or collect information about files on your device." No option to opt-out
Andrew from Siempo here - with optimizations in an upcoming release we will no longer need to ask for this permission.
Apologies for the inconvenience! We are committed to respecting user's privacy and are currently working with The Center of Humane Tech community to improve our privacy policy word by word, and make the changes necessary for GDPR.
Re: Siempo's new app will break your smartphone addiction
#4It's actually quite easy to "break" your addiction to smartphones:
Don't use them in the first place.
Re: Siempo's new app will break your smartphone addiction
#5"To help you understand your current phone habits, Siempo needs permission to store information on this device. We do not read your private files or collect information about files on your device." No option to opt-out
Andrew from Siempo here - with optimizations in an upcoming release we will no longer need to ask for this permission. Apologies for the inconvenience! We are committed to respecting user's privacy and are currently working with The Center of Humane Tech community to improve our privacy policy word by word, and make the changes necessary for GDPR.
You've got two days.
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#6Is smartphone addiction really a thing that needs this constant coverage? I use my phone quite often but I've never felt controlled by it or like I need it. Maybe people should just delete the apps that are causing problems, instead of downloading another app to manage it. Is this the smartphone equivalent of safe-injection sites?
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#7I think the per-app distinction of notifications is too coarse.
I want an app that allows me to train it on the notifications I receive, regardless of what app they come from. For instance, if I get a message from a random Facebook group that I find not very interesting, I want to be able to indicate that. Conversely, if I get a Facebook message that is urgent, then I want to indicate that too.
Please don't ask me upfront whether I want to enable/disable all Facebook messages, because I can't possibly answer that question now.
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#8Is smartphone addiction really a thing that needs this constant coverage? I use my phone quite often but I've never felt controlled by it or like I need it. Maybe people should just delete the apps that are causing problems, instead of downloading another app to manage it. Is this the smartphone equivalent of safe-injection sites?
> Is smartphone addiction really a thing that needs this constant coverage?
The reporters have smartphone addiction addiction. Deep down, they want to cover something else but...they...just...can't. :-)
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#9Currently, I use the Moment App on the iOS to keep track of how much time I spend on my phone and it has been immensely useful. Though it only captures my usage and can't actively help me reduce my smartphone usage.
I love the ability to batch up the notifications. In my ideal world, I would get notifications at 8AM, 12pm, 5pm and 9pm. And that's all.
I am jealous of the Android platform that it is possible to create an app like Siempo. I don't think iOS has an API to create a comparable experience.
I wonder what plans do Siempo team have for iOS.
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#10RIP to anyone who clicked that link without ad block.
The app is a cool concept but I don't see it ever taking off. They broadly assume that people want to be distanced from their phones, which I'm sure most don't. There is nothing wrong with enjoying technology. Yes I check my phone at last once every few minutes when I'm at home, does that made me an "addict"? I'm not checking social media, I'm just browsing through the things I have installed to pass the time or have some laughs. Add on the fact that this is a paid app once it releases, who is actually going to pay for an app to inconvenience them? Some of the features are noble, such as forcefully blocking notifications until user specified times, and putting a more human catered UI for apps in. I applaud the effort, but I just can't see this taking off and becoming a best seller. Sure many people will pay for it, but it won't reach as many people as they are hoping.
EDIT: Adding on some more thoughts There are absolutely people who have unhealthy addictions to phones. I have a nephew who is staring at his phone screen nearly every waking moment. Every minute he doesn't have a phone in his hands he is whining. That is a new generation of smartphone addiction that I don't think most current adults have. Do you think these type of people want to forcefully have that addiction helped? Do you think they'd actually pay money to inconvenience themselves?
I agree with whoever said that app notifications need to be catered to. It might not work well with generic settings. Allow all and deny all for apps isn't doing much. I agree with the other fellow who also chimed in about smartphone addiction really not being a newsworthy topic. It's not something that can really be fixed at large. Even getting a small number of individuals to break their truly unhealthy smartphone addiction seems near impossible.