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Ask HN: Have you ever tried measuring the time you spend digitally?

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Re: Ask HN: Have you ever tried measuring the time you spend digitally?

#11

i think this is pointless. do whatever you want, you aren't a robot that could understand 'oh wow, i spend a lot of time watching youtube! I should study instead' nobody would follow/pay for this, people know when they are procrastinating and wasting time

Hi, I totally agree with you that nobody would pay for tracking their time. Infact, a lot of free tools are already available to do the same. People know when they're wasting time and often want to (because of boredom). I'm just wondering if it's possible to build tools that can help people take decisions ahead of time which changes their behaviour (maybe with a little bit of properly designed gamification). Thoughts ?

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever tried measuring the time you spend digitally?

#12

My phones at least, sends me a weekly notification regarding this sort of info.

What do you use ? iPhone ? Is it the default option, or you had to configure it that way ?

iPhone yea, I don't recall any configuration, I just get a weekly notification about screen type broken down by app category, app, and usage percentage change form the prior week.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever tried measuring the time you spend digitally?

#13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you use ? iPhone ? Is it the default option, or you had to configure it that way ?

iPhone yea, I don't recall any configuration, I just get a weekly notification about screen type broken down by app category, app, and usage percentage change form the prior week.

okay cool. Thanks !
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