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Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by smeej »

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 haven't had any of those apps installed for years. It's using the web versions in my browser that kills.me, because I can't get by without a browser.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by nominalprose »

tines wrote: post #59
antipaul wrote: post #57

A more lightweight option, though easier to bypass, is to disable apps, App Store, even Safari, with "Content & Privacy Restrictions". See Settings – Screen Time. You can use a passcode to lock it. It seems primarily meant for blocking things from your kids. But it can help turn your iPhone more into a dumb phone (Blocking safari was the key, for me)

He mentions this, says it’s too easy to circumvent.

it's not though. See the thread above about having someone else enter the screen time code

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by layman51 »

serial_dev wrote: post #91
layman51 wrote: post #61

I have some issues with this guide. I find it very odd how the very first step of the guide is to “erase all content and settings” but it doesn’t really mention all the caveats around this. There really should be warnings or a separate guide about doing this safely because if some people do that, they could lock themselves out of MFA-protected accounts. Lastly, about Apple Configurator, it seems like it only works on…

We are close to the “we should put a warning label on the microwave that don’t dry your cat in it” . At some point it’s not a blog authors responsibility to make you understand that “erase all content” erases all content.

Well I sort of feel that many years ago before MFA was suggested or required for many different sites, it was less risky for a typical person to erase all content.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by eigencoder »

samhclark wrote: post #332
eigencoder wrote: post #231

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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'…

When you set up the phone as Supervised, there's a box you can un-check to disable using a different Mac. So just make sure you don't un-check it :)

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Post by majewsky »

WA wrote: post #335
bookofjoe wrote: post #330

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>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.

I think the answer is actually the other way around: It's the chores that don't require much attention.

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by eigencoder »

impure-aqua wrote: post #298
eigencoder wrote: post #237

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I've been doing what the author did for about a year using Configurator. I have the browser blocked completely. I found that I could still get around it by sending messages to myself in apps like Messenger and using the built-in browser. So I ended up using an allow list for internet traffic with nothing allowed, which stopped that. What do you find you need the browser for?

In the UK it has become very common to need to scan a QR code on your table to order at a restaurant, which takes you to a website. Most certainly you can still order at the bar the old fashioned way, but since COVID, physical menus have been removed, so how is your group meant to decide what it wants to order before one of you goes up on its behalf? (You cannot all go up if you want to hold the table.) I don't even…

That totally makes sense!

Re: iPhone dumbphone

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Post by amilios »

balder1991 wrote: post #216
amilios wrote: post #152

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Unfortunately some of us use Instagram specifically to keep in touch with people (IG DMs). and Meta does not seem to want to split off the messaging from the main app the same way they did with FB messenger for some reason (I would love it if they did). For Twitter, some of us need it for work as well (lots of interesting AI research published directly to Twitter). Reddit is definitely pure entertainment yeah. But th…

But you can talk to people on Instagram from FB Messenger.

https://help.instagram.com/654906392080948

Doesn't seem like this is possible anymore?

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