background: got a fairphone 5, stock android version 15 because of digital ID necessity or else i effectively lose citizenship (we gotta push back against this in the nordics but that’s sociology & bureaucracy so saving it for another thread)
i got: • zero amount of TikTok YouTube etc. apps • greyscale • brightness turnt down • screen usage tracker apps
here’s my screentime stats for this week
it’s literally all from ThreadiVerse (PieFed with Interstellar client), FLOS dating apps (Alovoa & Duolicious) + a regional non-free dating app forum suite and lastly reading manga watching porn…
i’ve never been this much bedrotting since i was a teen in the 2010s and not even then.
what i need is a way to enforce recommended guidelines that do exist for phone (ab)use: • that the phone shuts off after 2 hours of screentime per day. alternatively blank screen or just annoyance. • second-long breaks/timeouts every few minutes.
that is literally all. on a linux OS like PostMarketOS, SailFishOS, UbuntuTouch this is guaranteed doable, right? i can make the OS switch and appreciate insight into an operator implementing this in comments so that all can learn. it’s surely a meagre >=99 LoC shellscript source code to implement.
but on android? idk if that’s allowed or even possible to implement on stock android.
what are your thoughts? abhorring situation, all replies welcome. let’s keep it a constructive thread since this is a public health issue i wanna bring up in the open
In the settings, isn’t there a “digital wellbeing and parental controls” area? I’m pretty sure that’s a stock Android thing.
funny thing is i checked it yesterday put every app on block
today it’s 2-clicks with no wait time to un-block apps
Setting limits would help, but you’ll be left with time to spend off of your phone. While I can’t help with setting limits, I can recommend picking up a hobby that pulls you away from it. That can be anything from a sport to crochet. If you have something else you want to do instead, you may find yourself naturally using your device less.
opposite for me. if i have a phone or screen nearby i cease playing music instruments, excercise, cook food, woodwork, repair clothes, juggle, flip cardtricks, draw, read books, …
You seem to be in the perfect situation to justify screen limits then.
However, I can’t help with that sadly. I’m not on stock Android. It’s possible on my Samsung device through parental controls, so maybe look for something like that?
interesting with parental control settings and digital wellbeing as mentioned in another comment
Parental controls usually only require a password to unlock or bypass, so if you’re worried you’ll just unlock it yourself you may want to ask a trusted friend/ family/ partner to set the password for you.
