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by randomdrake 3237 days ago
More information about how you can avoid making apps that do this, or how you can control your own app usage, can be found here:

http://www.timewellspent.io

There's an interesting page where they show the results of 200,000 users of an app called Moment[1] where you can see which apps make people the least happy. Additionally, you can see the time limits at which users start to feel happy about their usage.

http://www.timewellspent.io/app-ratings/

I came upon the movement after incorporating suggestions from Tristan Harris' "How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind — from a Magician and Google Design Ethicist[2]" into my every day life.

[1] - https://inthemoment.io

[2] - https://journal.thriveglobal.com/how-technology-hijacks-peop...

1 comments

Thank you for sharing this.