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Probably because the article has basically 3 suggestions that don’t even scratch the surface of what the OS has built in to manage overuse.

Turning off notifications is stupidly simple to a fault. Sorry, people can’t just turn off notifications from their spouses or day care apps or school/kids’ phone numbers or other important stuff like that.

But this article doesn’t really get into the stuff that the OS has built-in to manage notification priority, it just tells you to turn it all off as if they’re telling the government to print more money to end poverty.

Kind of crazy that a blog post on this subject doesn’t even mention the Screen Time feature.

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Indeed. I have actually created a dumb zen phone, and the killer way to do it is put it in supervised mode without the browser or App Store. Then you’re genuinely handicapped.

My version has maps, kindle, texting, phone, Spotify, camera, and the podcasts app.

Perfect for running errands or going to the park with my toddler and still being reachable.

What apps or websites were sucking your time so much that you felt the need to do this?

You can setup emergency bypass, silence unknown calls, etc. I have 98% of notifications disabled both on phone and desktop.

Well yeah and this article didn’t talk about any of that.

And yet our parents' generation (or our younger selves, depending how old we are) managed to get through a day without any way to receive notifications from their spouses or day care apps or school/kids’ phone numbers. You simply had to trust and rely upon the school or day care to take care of it if your kid got hurt or sick.

You might have been able to get a call at work from your kid's school, but depending on your job, maybe not.

>But this article doesn’t really get into the stuff that the OS has built-in to manage notification priority, it just tells you to turn it all off

“Apple fortunately makes it straightforward to manage your notifications via Settings > Notifications — you can customize your notification preferences per-app, and if you’re on iOS 15 or later, you can also schedule a notification summary.”

>Kind of crazy that a blog post on this subject doesn’t even mention the Screen Time feature.

“using the native iOS screen-time feature or more advanced apps like Opal and Jomo to regulate your usage of them.”

> Turning off notifications is stupidly simple to a fault

Why ? I only have notifications (on Android) for phone, messages and Whatsup.

An app needs a very good reason to display notifications.

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