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Parents and teens alike are trading in their smartphones for "dumber" models to help stay offline.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Like here for instance? They could always set up the phone to only allow set times on certain apps. However, of you can set a time limit, you can also unset a time limit. Not having the apps and games in front of you is the key thing.

You wouldn't expect a smoker to walk about with fags and lighter in their pocket and not touch them, or an alcoholic with a half bottle of vodka in their bag, calling them all day.

We've been led into a world of 'must have' apps, blogs and an always online culture.

It'll do us a power of good to step back from that. Beehaw, PieFed and Vivaldi Social are the only ones I keep now.

Spending a lot less time online and reading a hell of a lot more. And I feel better for it. Less stressed and more relaxed. I don't have the peer pressure that young kids get though. Any that tells me I 'must' use a certain app can do one and they get a lecture on online security and conspiracy theories to go with it. They soon give up ๐Ÿ˜‰

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