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What Is a Good Way to Fight Phone Addiction

at 34:08

From the episode: Interview with Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch and a former partner at Y Combinator.

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Recently Justin did an experiment where he tried to replace his phone with an Apple Watch. That did not work as he still wanted utility apps, like ride sharing or parking, or to read a book on a Kindle. To compromise, he's deleted all the distraction/entertainment apps, turned his phone to black and white, and then locked it so that he would not be able to install more apps. So far it seems to be helping with the phone addiction.

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