Addiction issue.

lukan · 2025-09-26T12:04:39 1758888279

But very widespread.

Do you never check your phone and realize you are now suddenly doing something completely unrelated?

Phones are focus breaking by design. It takes effort, silencing them.

tracker1 · 2025-09-26T15:54:57 1758902097

I live by timers/alarms on my phone... if I don't set an alarm/timer, I'll never break focus for meetings etc.

teddyh · 2025-09-26T16:05:41 1758902741

> But very widespread.

Yes. Does that invalidate the fact?

> Do you never check your phone and realize you are now suddenly doing something completely unrelated?

How is this relevant? But, no, as it happens, I don’t.

> Phones are focus breaking by design. It takes effort, silencing them.

Maybe your phone. Those who get an addictive phone may get addicted, and it does take effort to break an addiction.

wtetzner · 2025-09-26T16:53:14 1758905594

Even if you don't get pulled into something else, having to stop what you're doing to check the time sounds like a bad UI.

messe · 2025-09-26T13:15:17 1758892517

That's not on you to say, and pretty fucking tone deaf to boot.

teddyh · 2025-09-26T16:12:14 1758903134

If someone cannot look at their phone to find out the time without becoming distracted and losing their focus, that’s not a phone problem.

wtetzner · 2025-09-26T16:53:58 1758905638

Maybe, but why should you have to pull out a separate device to check the time?