Comment by wildclouds on 23/01/2025 at 02:37 UTC

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View submission: Dumb ish phone?

Buying special "dumb phones" is just falling victim to the same idea that purchasing more products will fix your problems.

You can make your current phone more 'dumb' for free.

• uninstall apps you don't need
• bare minimum of apps on the home screen
• adjust settings to remove unnecessary notifications from apps
• aeroplane mode or turn off wifi when you don't want to be disturbed
• greyscale and boring background so it's less stimulating
• for apps you still want sometimes but find to be timewasters, remove shortcut from home and hide them in a folder so it requires some extra steps to access.

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Comment by Maculica at 24/01/2025 at 19:08 UTC

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Brilliant advice, second all of it! 👍

Comment by Particular_Bird_5823 at 23/01/2025 at 13:53 UTC

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I was coming to say greyscale has been such a good way for me to loose interest in my phone. Have it automated to come on an hour before bed and off again in the morning. Stops me from even being tempted to pick it up. Also stripped out apps that were not adding anything to my life.