Nice! I’ll definitely be following along!
I’m also trying to build similar kinds of features into @frequency.app, the mindful insta/fb alternative I’m working on

Saaame. Or if I can’t delete my account on something, at least deleting the app from my Home Screen and forcing myself to open it from the menu/search.

Thanks! I actually came across it a few months ago and really enjoyed playing around with it - love what you’re experimenting with! Do you envision it being used as a daily driver for at-proto users?

Great point! I had a whole section on how to add friction in the original draft, but then realized I was accidentally turning my commentary on digital detox tips into yet another guide of tips 😁🙃

this begs the question: if the apps we use every day to keep in touch with our friends and family were designed with the goals of connection and healthy communication in mind, would we [...] need to take a break from them in the first place?

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This completely ignores the deliberatively manipulative design of the apps we open compulsively. There are literally 1000s of engineers, product managers, and behavioral researchers whose job it is to design the apps we use to be as addictive as possible!

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The issue with digital detoxes is that it puts the blame on us - it suggests that the issue is just that we have insufficient willpower and we could put our phones down at any time if we really wanted to.

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So many of us feel addicted to the endless doomscrolling we seem to get sucked into and want to find ways to be more disciplined about our screen time in the next year. A popular resolution each new year is to do a "digital detox"...

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I loved the part of your special about Bagel. Very sad to hear of her passing! I hope you’ve found a good place to donate all of your leftover easypill giver cat in her honor ❤️

Ok, I must admit - the new spatial effect on photos in iOS 26 is prettttty cool

Congratulations! That thesis sounds very interesting and relevant. I would love to read it if it’s available anywhere!