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Physical app blockers compared: how the different approaches work
Portable tags, fixed pods, lockboxes and the operating system's own tools. Four mechanisms, the trade-off each one makes, and how to pick between them.
Cutting your screen time without giving up your phone
Dutch adults average close to nine hours of screen time a day. Deleting apps does not fix it. Five changes that survive longer than a week, and why friction beats willpower.
App blockers without a subscription: what you are actually paying for
Most focus tools bill monthly. Sometimes that is fair, and sometimes you are renting a switch. Three questions that tell you which one you are looking at.
Alarm clocks without a snooze button: what actually gets you out of bed
An alarm without a snooze button only works if the off switch is outside your bed. Four approaches, what each one costs you, and the one thing the methods that survive have in common.