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Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by sombrero_john »

madaxe_again wrote: post #153
jaysonelliot wrote: post #130

Before installing all those apps the author listed, I'd recommend this exercise: Let the battery die on your phone, and live one week without it. Cold turkey. Tell people in advance if you need to, give them an alternate way to reach you. Replace your phone for that week with a small notebook that fits in your pocket. During that week, every time you want to do something that requires a smartphone, jot it down in you…

There’s an even more straightforward exercise. Step 1: delete your social media There is no step 2.

There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by marinesebastian »

sombrero_john wrote: post #161
madaxe_again wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s an even more straightforward exercise. Step 1: delete your social media There is no step 2.

There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.

Those are social media too

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by wer232essf »

willio58 wrote: post #29

Interesting! I wish Apple would expand on "Assistive Access" mode. - https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/set-... They made this for people with cognitive disabilities, but it also works great for older people. It just wouldn't work for me. I need Jira, Slack, and GitHub during work hours for example. But I don't want them during non-work hours. I realize I'm describing something actually doable in…

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Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by stopachka »

devonsolomon wrote: post #96

Thanks! Great idea to use configurator. Turning my iPhone into a dumb phone has been one of the best things I ever did. My relationship with my phone was weird (using it for distraction from anxiety, zoning out on it etc) and all this has gotten way better, I’m finding I can focus again. (I’ve set something similar up using an ad blocker app, but it was a bit of a hack.) I’d highly suggest installing Dumb Phone (dp)…

> Dumb Phone (dp) from App Store to simplify your home into a monochromatic list

I had no idea this was even possible to customize! Thank you.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by dwedge »

> Consider email. I still need to have access to email, and I want to have notifications enabled so I don’t miss something truly important. But 90% of the emails I get aren’t important.

I was at a talk at FOSDEM this year and they were talking about how most emails now (over 90%) are transactional in nature and not personal. Things like password resets, offers, 2fa, shipping confirmations.

This was a lightbulb moment for me - for years I'd been trying to fight email by using sieve to filter away the most annoying senders and subjects but they're right - almost all email doesn't deserve your immediate attention.

I switched my method to whitelist. I created a folder called Transactional and everything goes in there. Then I started whitelisting certain email addresses to let them get to my inbox. I have around 20, and for the first time in years I'm at a point where I could have notifications for my inbox. I still don't, but they'd be useful now

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by cheema33 »

marinesebastian wrote: post #162
sombrero_john wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.

Those are social media too

I do use Reddit and YouTube to follow topics related to work. And to some degree Hacker News as well. Come to think of it, these are the apps that make up for most of the screen time usage for me.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by haswell »

sombrero_john wrote: post #142
jaysonelliot wrote: post #130

Before installing all those apps the author listed, I'd recommend this exercise: Let the battery die on your phone, and live one week without it. Cold turkey. Tell people in advance if you need to, give them an alternate way to reach you. Replace your phone for that week with a small notebook that fits in your pocket. During that week, every time you want to do something that requires a smartphone, jot it down in you…

Way too much friction. I don't have the luxury of going "off the map" for a week.

I think a middle ground version of this is possible, e.g. instead of letting your battery die, reset the phone to defaults and don’t install anything with the exception of critical communication apps.

Run the rest of the experiment as described for other categories of use.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by cheema33 »

modeless wrote: post #36

I don't understand why people leave email notifications enabled. There is almost no email I get that needs instant action. The one exception is delivery notifications, so I can retrieve the package immediately, and I used a filter to get notifications just for those.

> I don't understand why people leave email notifications enabled.

For me email on the phone uses less than 1% of my screen time during the day.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by dwedge »

nancyminusone wrote: post #135
jaysonelliot wrote: post #130

Before installing all those apps the author listed, I'd recommend this exercise: Let the battery die on your phone, and live one week without it. Cold turkey. Tell people in advance if you need to, give them an alternate way to reach you. Replace your phone for that week with a small notebook that fits in your pocket. During that week, every time you want to do something that requires a smartphone, jot it down in you…

I just have all notifications turned off permanently. "But what about..?" Yes, even that.

I've had this for years but it makes me check my phone more often I think. At times I find myself cycling through apps to see if someone replied, whereas if I had a notification I'd know whether or not to bother

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by cheema33 »

bapak wrote: post #114
modeless wrote: post #36

I don't understand why people leave email notifications enabled. There is almost no email I get that needs instant action. The one exception is delivery notifications, so I can retrieve the package immediately, and I used a filter to get notifications just for those.

Email and chat apps are just about the only notifications I keep. I "archive" any unwanted email right from the notification screen, I report as spam anything I don't like. I hate people who have 4 digits in their email bubbles. I really wish Apple/Google would do something about notifications, use AI for something useful. "Hey you haven't read any of your 3454 emails, should I disable notifications for Gmail?" "Hey…

> I really wish Apple/Google would do something about notifications, use AI for something useful.

Yes, please, for the love of anything that is holy. Stop the SMS spam!

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