This is actually pretty brilliant and innovative.
With other solutions, the “key” that re-enables distractions is always present. Brick allows you to leave that key behind, turning your phone into a new, distraction-free device until you return.
This tickles some part of my brain… The scanning part is so cool. Would you use an app like this?
I just disable all notifications for everything, and turn off all push notifications as well.
If I need to know something, I’ll manually go check for it.
According to my usage, I use my phone only 2 hours a day
Turning off push notifications is a large step. I did that for personal profile stuff and I’m down to 0 usage on FB, limited on Instagram (boss sends me stuff once in a while), some on Lemmy and Mastodon. Work profile has push notifications but is limited to certain hours only. Helps a ton.
Yeah I’m there with you. My phone is the most boring device imaginable. It makes no sounds, gives no notifications and has no games or social media. I use it for whatsapp, phone calls, photography, listening to podcasts, tracking my finances, taking notes and browsing Lemmy while on the toilet and given how boring I’ve made my Lemmy feed as well I really struggle to spend more than 5 minutes here unless I’m having an ongoing debate.
When I come home I leave my phone on the table by the door and when I grab it with me when I go to bed because it’s also my alarm clock. I never ever use my phone in the bed either. My screen-on-time averages around 1.5 hours a day.
However, I also watch 8 hours of YouTube on my laptop each day so I’m no better than the rest of the people.
Jesus, 8 hours of YouTube per day … I don’t even watch 30 mins per week…
Lmao, you had me in the first half
But YouTube is just equal to what most people did before the internet… Browse garbage shows on cable tv