Happy Hump Day! Here’s a joke for you: What did the font book say to the incompatible OTF file?
"Sorry, you're just not my type."
Now on to the news:
🏡 Mark Zuckerberg is apparently building a doomsday bunker in Hawaii.
💸 Amazon has opted to drop the $1.4 billion deal to acquire iRobot.
🎵 Universal Music Group is planning to pull its song catalog from TikTok.
This new app can reduce your screen time by 65%
Search for New Year's resolutions on Google, and you'll find a Statista survey revealing that 19% of Americans rank reducing social media usage as one of their top goals for the year.
Despite its numerous benefits, social media is not without its drawbacks. There are countless reasons for wanting a break, whether for mental health, increased productivity, or a desire to reconnect with the real world.
Yesterday, we covered the Minimal Phone, a new phone with an intentionally reduced feature set to help you put your device down and enjoy the real world. But what if a new phone isn't on your agenda? That’s where applications like Elqi step in.
Elqi's mission is to curtail your social media consumption through timely, conscious interventions. Picture this: you open TikTok as soon as you wake up. When Elqi is installed, it interrupts this habit just as the app launches. You're then redirected to a screen that encourages a moment of breathing and reflection, prompting you to reconsider your decision.
This approach challenges and potentially changes what may have become an automatic habit, and the results seem promising: the team reports that, following recent user trials, the app has been able to slash screen time by as much as 65%.
From there, you can monitor your progress by seeing how many times Elqi intervened during the week, how many hours you saved, and taking stock of what apps you used the most. You can even earn achievements as you progress.
So if building healthier habits with the social apps you love is on your 2024 agenda, it could be worth trying out…
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