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Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by throwawayq3423 »

teeeeeegz wrote: post #242

Using iOS 26 with the glassy-reflective elements feels like a storm in a teacup with making people even more addicted to their phones the moment they pick them up, observing all the shiny effects with a slight tilt of their wrist. I wish Apple would open up customization capabilities to properly kick the addictive elements from the phone, like Android with custom launchers... I've also experimented with Apple Configu…

The grayscale is honestly amazing.

On newer iPhones, tap the right button three times and your whole phone goes black and white. It becomes way less engaging to use.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by samhclark »

eigencoder wrote: post #231
samhclark wrote: post #160

I really like this setup. I think it balances friction and usefulness in exactly the way I've been aiming for. Still, I have a couple questions about it, since I don't own an iPhone but am considering buying one soon. 1. How does this affect backup and restore? Could I still restore from a backup on a new phone, if needed? I've lost my phone while traveling before and buying a replacement was pretty seamless. 2. Is t…

I've been using the same setup as the author for about a year, I can help some. 1. I don't know, never tried this. I do know iCloud backups still work, because I've used them after wiping my phone. But I think you must plug the new phone into your computer and set it up as a managed device before you load the backup, or else parts of the profile might not take. 2. No, it's not. I traded in my old macbook pro for a ma…

Thanks for the reply, appreciate it.

Both of your answers sound workable for me!

Even if I couldn't restore the whole profile from backup while traveling (which seems natural), at least it's still possible to restore some data. Which should be enough in the short term.

And that's perfect that I could manage it from a different Mac. That totally works for me. I worried there would be something which prevented that. I'm imagining a parent using this for parental controls, but then the kid disabling it at a friend's house who has a Mac. Works better for my scenario though!

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Post by dangus »

mklepaczewski wrote: post #260
dangus wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But how much time are you losing to a commute? I kind of agree with you in a way as I ultimately think that working remote is a bit harder on social health and maybe even physical health of getting out of the house, but in another way I just don't know if I can go back to all the negatives of the office. I mean, my toilet at home washes my ass with gentle warm water. The work toilet randomly decides to splash toilet…

You don’t need the other person to be in the same room - a video call works just fine. In fact, it can be even better for productivity since there's less chit-chat.

It is my anecdotal experience that a whole bunch of my current friends are from a pre-pandemic in-office job and I’ve made zero lasting friendships at my remote jobs.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by WA »

bookofjoe wrote: post #330
miika wrote: post #264

This is how I cured my social media addiction. I turned my iPhone into pure utility device by uninstalling all the entertainment apps. I only allow music and podcasts as those don’t require my active attention. Then I have an iPad mini at home which has all the entertainment and social media stuff installed. However I don’t have many opportunities to use that device during the day.. After maybe a week of having this…

>I only allow music and podcasts as those don't require my active attention. podcasts? How do you listen and benefit without paying active attention?

I can easily listen to podcasts while doing household chores. Most podcasts aren't that information-dense anyways and while retention isn't perfect, you get an overview of a topic and can still dig deeper (or not) later. Or to flip it around: most podcasts don't give you that much benefit anyways.

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Post by abustamam »

bookofjoe wrote: post #330
miika wrote: post #264

This is how I cured my social media addiction. I turned my iPhone into pure utility device by uninstalling all the entertainment apps. I only allow music and podcasts as those don’t require my active attention. Then I have an iPad mini at home which has all the entertainment and social media stuff installed. However I don’t have many opportunities to use that device during the day.. After maybe a week of having this…

>I only allow music and podcasts as those don't require my active attention. podcasts? How do you listen and benefit without paying active attention?

YMMV but I sometimes listen to a podcast or audiobook while playing mindless video games. I can't watch a show while playing video games, since I need to actually watch the screen. Since the game doesn't require mental thought, I can still pay attention to the content of the podcast.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by SoftTalker »

"you can actually disable the App Store! This is a marvelous win."

I thought this one was weird, personally. The App Store is among those I use least on my phone. I only open it when there is a specific new app I want to install (which is rare; I have maybe a dozen apps installed that didn't come with my phone). I easly go months without opening the App Store.

Are there people just browsing the App Store daily?

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Post by flanbiscuit »

> So far the only real unsolved issue I have are related to “semi-important” apps. 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 am not sure what the solution is to these kind of apps. Maybe I can find a special mail app, that only shows you important emails. If I had something like this I think I would just be over the moon with this setup.

I have always had email notifications turned off and I was always missing important emails, especially from people I cared about. I finally figured out the solution. In Gmail (only tested on Android, can't speak for iPhone) I created a label called "notify". I then created filters for specific emails and words that apply the label. You can turn on notifications in Gmail (for Android at least) for specific labels. That's it! Maybe someone else can confirm that this can be done on the iPhone Gmail app? or something similar

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by ozkatz »

SoftTalker wrote: post #337

"you can actually disable the App Store! This is a marvelous win." I thought this one was weird, personally. The App Store is among those I use least on my phone. I only open it when there is a specific new app I want to install (which is rare; I have maybe a dozen apps installed that didn't come with my phone). I easly go months without opening the App Store. Are there people just browsing the App Store daily?

I think the idea is that you do not install time wasters (social media?) apps before disabling the app store. This way, even if tempted, you won't be able to doomscroll on Instagram because you cannot install it.
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