Brick Your Phone With This Device To Curb Your Screentime
I tried this little $50 gadget to try and reduce my excessive iPhone screen time, and more specifically, the hours I spend scrolling …
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March 13, 2026
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I tried this little $50 gadget to try and reduce my excessive iPhone screen time, and more specifically, the hours I spend scrolling …
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It’s 2025 yall tech addictions are real, yall are annoying
How do I buy shares in this? Haha
Me: Gets kidnapped and locked in a room
"I need to call someone!"
"THIS IS A DISTRACTION"
whats up with the pointy jaw
What's wrong with your chin?
oblong chin syndrome?
So this brick creates dependency on it not to waste time on iPhone. Being human, we already have the ability to stop wasting too much time on phones, we just need to develop that muscle.
Another gimmick thing that will end up in landfills. Just like the Car Thing.
Do I really need a piece of hardware to do this?
This is proof that people are addicted to social media and social media companies need to be required to limit usage time on their apps
Opal does the same thing
remove the apps and you will get your life back
What a fancy first-world problem!
She looks like the scream mask with that chin
There's another alternative. Self discipline 😊😅
I think there are so many other options as well, but I do like the idea of having a physical location. Maybe iPhone can implement something like that?
My Pixel lets me pause apps and that has helped a lot.
Or you could just put the phone down. Sounds like you problem. Waste of money.
Put it in a deep jar full of razor sharp objects
Doesnt disturb mode does the same? Like you just set it up and it kind of does the same thing, cnet is getting lazy on their tech videos
A stupid piece of eWaste for stupid gullible people!
omg just delete that app!!
It’s great you’ve been helped by this, but Apple’s built-in Focus features have all this and more right in Control Center if you set up a Custom Focus (which has a nice walkthrough of the process that you can control its interaction with other features like Do Not Disturb). As you said, though, for you, the friction is part of the reason it works, but for those who’d like to do something quite similar and more customizable for no additional cost and no fear of lock-out, might I recommend a Custom Focus🤓
Just use the built in Screen Time feature from Apple.
How about using your free self control card