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Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

there are countless apps that do the exact same thing and they have been out there for many, many years.

I haven't seen them changing anything.

EDIT: also google knows this very well and the feature is clearly designed to be as useless as possible and to be ignored by 99% of the users.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    The feature is harder to turn off than traditional app timers, too, many of which can simply be ignored. Instead, Pause Point requires a phone restart to turn it off, Google says, which also makes you think before disabling it.

    Is that a common feature of third-party apps? I don't recall hearing about that before, when reading about these types of apps.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    If I knew about that beforehand, I'd probably be much less likely turn it on to begin with. If I learned the hard way, I'd likely be dissuaded from ever trying it again & just get one of those other apps. Conversely, the fact that my current phone boots much faster than older ones did makes it not really as off-putting an issue at it once was. It sounds like a major PITA until you realize that.

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