| ▲ | djoldman 2 hours ago | |||||||
> Screen Time gives you a report card. And if the grade is bad, the design makes one thing clear: > That's a you problem. > It measures your usage. Tracks your behavior. Gives you a weekly report card. If the numbers are too high? > You picked it up too much. > You spent too long. > You failed your limit. > Try again next week. > Try harder. > Screen Time is a blame shift dressed in a soft font. > ... What if the exhaustion everybody feels isn't a moral failure but the completely rational response to being made responsible for an ecosystem of objects that never stop asking? > Everything you buy is the beginning of a relationship you'll be maintaining until one of you dies or gets discontinued. For adults: nothing requires you to use a smartphone. Buy that Casio watch if you want. Use those wired headphones and never pair them again (I do). EDIT: Some things require a smartphone, not nothing. | ||||||||
| ▲ | nancyminusone 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
>nothing requires you to use a smartphone Another story from the hn front page today: | ||||||||
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