Gentle Parenting My Smartphone Addiction
Briefly

Opal is an app designed to help users manage their smartphone usage by blocking specific apps during scheduled times. It offers a structured approach to reducing online distractions without needing to resort to a simpler device. Users can set up their personal schedules, allowing Opal to gently guide them into healthier smartphone habits. While being online is essential for many jobs, the app recognizes the diminishing returns of constant connectivity. It offers an alternative to other solutions reliant on self-discipline, like leaving the phone in another room or using minimalist launcher apps.
Opal provides gentle parenting for your smartphone habits: you set up a daily schedule of which apps to block when, and the app guides you into sticking with it.
Being on the internet too much is essential for many jobs, yet there's diminishing returns; one doesn’t have to chain-smoke to know cigarettes are bad.
Read at The New Yorker
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