Since September 2018, Apple has introduced a "screen time" application that helps identify bad habits in the use of their phones by calculating the time spent by users in tracking applications and other capabilities of the phone.
The application of screen time when activated limits application usage and makes any application or group of other applications unusable when the user exceeds the specified period.
In contrast, the French newspaper Le Monde notes that the use of these applications remains optional, because once you click Ignore, access to the application is possible.
The application on the iPhone can be a good way to understand the degree of addiction to the person, and it represents a preliminary diagnosis of how to address the problem.
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Second application
Another application is OFFTIME, which gives the user some statistics about his activity, such as the total time it took to follow up the phone or the number of SMS messages that were opened or the time it spent without opening the screen.
When the user is at work, he can block access to some applications at random, and select incoming calls so that no calls other than his or her contacts, such as his children's connections, reach him, while the application automatically sends a message to other contacts.
The application allows the user to unplug the phone in advance from some people, giving him the opportunity to decide how long to use the phone each day, and to select features that remain active at any time he chooses.
Another feature of the application is to determine when a phone user wants to keep his phone locked.
She explained that if the time is not respected, the owner of the phone must wait sixty seconds before the phone is unlocked.
The phone may become a nuisance to its users if there are many non-useful applications (for Anatolia) |
Need applications
The newspaper said that the feeling of pressure due to the large number of notices, and the impression that time is wasted, can turn the phone into a real burden on its owners.
One wonders how to handle the phone at times, not knowing whether to turn it off in the cinema or during a romantic dinner, which calls for the use of applications that help manage the rest of the phone applications.