[nunez]

I think it's coming around.

Screen Time on iOS (which Android picked up later) was a response to people being concerned about being on their phones all of the time.

"Uglifying" hacks (mostly using the grayscale filter) are popular too.

Then there are purpose-built devices like the reMarkable and Daylight Computer that tout "focus" as a selling point.

All that said, I don't think we (in the US) are ready for a complete social media cleanse. Lots of people use tricks to reduce their social media consumption (not too dissimilar to quit-smoking tactics, interestingly), but the overall reaction to banning TikTok was overwhelmingly negative. Furthermore, their stats on phone use while driving are actually low; one study actually claimed that 90% of people did this (and my experiences walking and biking around all but confirm this).

[frereubu]

It feels like for a lot of people (I'm including myself in that) "reducing social media consumption" is a somewhere between "reducing my cocaine usage" and "reducing my heroin usage" it's so compulsive. I'm not sure there's much to be done except not be on it.

[nunez]

lol great analogy.