In 2018, the Center for Humane Technology’s “Time Well Spent” campaign probably contributed to Apple’s Screen Time and Google’s Digital Wellbeing features. These features seem deliberately hampered because of how easy it is to disable the reminder for you to get off your phone. I wonder if this problem is hard to make real traction on because tech companies, especially ones that make revenue from advertisements, are actively motivated against reducing screen time.
In 2018, the Center for Humane Technology’s “Time Well Spent” campaign probably contributed to Apple’s Screen Time and Google’s Digital Wellbeing features. These features seem deliberately hampered because of how easy it is to disable the reminder for you to get off your phone. I wonder if this problem is hard to make real traction on because tech companies, especially ones that make revenue from advertisements, are actively motivated against reducing screen time.