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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Smartphones and apps are scientifically designed to be addictive. The same techniques that make people spend hours at slot machines goes into modern games.

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Are you saying the app I’m using to browse Lemmy is scientifically designed to be addictive?

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    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I used to work in public health. One of the things they teach is that only the addict can decide if they are addicted. No one improves until they admit that they are powerless to stop on their own.

      www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323468

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• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m paranoid about checking mine… Plus my Deck and computer (for work). It’s probably more than your mate.

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I configure mine to show it to me weekly. It helps me keep tabs on a low social media diet. I’ve been reading, playing music and watching movies more frequently thanks to that.

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• Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was curious so I looked at mine, it isn’t accurate, it says 10 hours 22 minutes average, but it says 7 of that is gaming, there’s no way i spend 7 hours of gaming, I’m on social media a hell of a lot more then gaming but my social is only at roughly 2 hours. I don’t think you can rely on it lol

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  • pythonoob@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Uh huh…

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Jesus. I’m at just above two hours for my weekly average. It used to be 8-10 hours daily when I had a job where I had to leave my house, go into an office, and not do any work. Now that I do the same thing but from home, I don’t need to use my phone as much.

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