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Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by jagaerglad »

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?

Well if you disable App Store you cannot re-install apps you find distracting that you have removed. I actually remove Play store from my android through the debug shell for this exact reason. And yes, it happens that when all other apps are gone, things like Ebay, Foodora, App store etc are scrolled mindlessly, it's a hierarchy of stimulation, you remove one and move on to the next best one. Congratulations that you don't have adhd, it's hell

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Post by wrongtrousers »

neya wrote: post #303

I took an easier path. I carry two phones - a smartphone and a dumb phone. The smartphone is usually turned off, and is only charged once every 3-4 days. It holds its charge. The dumbphone is actually a second-hand Sony Ericsson Walkman phone which I really love. It has basic web browsing, some very basic utility apps and excellent sound quality, which I care a lot about and bluetooth too. This physical, non-software…

Do you use an iPhone? If so, how are you making it work with iMessage? Do you just disable it completely?

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Post by someuser2345 »

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?

Personally, I listen to podcasts while biking or driving; I can't just sit and listen to them, I need to be physically doing something.

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Post by mdavid626 »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #338

> 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…

I unsubscribed from most of mailing lists/sites/social media. I barely get any email.

When I get email, it’s highly likely, that’s important.

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Post by jonbiggums22 »

jlokier wrote: post #297
mcny wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I absolutely hate Microsoft authenticator. Why does it need its own app? Google Authenticator, Auth Apple Passwords, freaking Aegis, everything works with TOTP and piece of shit Microsoft has to go off and do its own thing like that nonsense Duo.

You can actually use an alternative authenticator app for Microsoft logins. I use Aegis on my phone for it. They don't make it clear in the messaging during the sign-up flow, which just says Microsoft Authenticator everywhere. But when you proceed through the steps to get a TOTP code for Microsoft Authenticator, there's a step with a link to something like "I want to use an another authenticor app", which presents a…

I've done this as well. My employers setup guide was super long winded and tried hard to suggest MS Authenticator was the only one that would work without outright saying it.

However, I've gathered that this is a setting that is up to the organization so your YMMV. Since some employees work at secure sites without wifi/mobile connections they aren't able to turn off TOTP.

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Post by jonbiggums22 »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #113
em500 wrote: post #97

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> I need Jira, Slack, and GitHub during work hours for example. So do I, but I certainly don't need them on my phone. For the longest time the only work app I had on my phone was some 2FA thing. Then asked them to either buy me a phone or a yubikey. I got a yubikey (and my phone complete free from anything work related).

I tried this for a bunch of work apps that require 2FA. They pushed back hard enough where I was threatened with getting written up. I relented and installed MS Authenticator on my personal phone. I'm still bitter about the intrusion of work stuff on my personal phone.

If this happens to me I'm buying the cheapest android I can find and just attaching it to my work laptop with adhesive.

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Post by 10729287 »

mdavid626 wrote: post #345
flanbiscuit wrote: post #338

> 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…

I unsubscribed from most of mailing lists/sites/social media. I barely get any email. When I get email, it’s highly likely, that’s important.

Or filter your emails to the word “unsubscribe” and get them in /newsletters.

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Post by intrikate »

dhon_ wrote: post #195
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 switched to a candy-bar style dumb phone for a month and did something similar. My list was pretty much the same as the one in the article with a few small changes. The most jarring was probably maps - other things like email, messaging etc could be delayed until I could reach a computer but not knowing how to get somewhere right now was problematic and required planning in advance. I usually kept my smart phone in…

Out of curiosity, how often do you need to travel to somewhere that you don't know how to get to and haven't been to before?

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Post by aethrum »

adamors wrote: post #286
CalRobert wrote: post #273

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This is my weakness. I really miss leechblock since changing to iPhone

I use Burnout Buddy, it can block both apps and websites, you can set up custom rules, time based, usage based or triggered by Shortcuts (for instance I have one set up to block Reddit when I enter the gym).

Woah this is nice! And pretty generous free app
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