Existing Screen-Time Tools Are Too All-or-Nothing to Curb Doomscrolling
A phone user found that conventional screen-time controls, daily limits, app deletion, and passcode-sharing with another person, all failed because they were either too restrictive or too easy to override once a session started. A years-old search for an hourly-resetting screen-time limit returned no working solution until the poster built one themselves.
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