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"Apple's business doesn't. I think Screen Time and App Limits will likely become two of Apple's main competitive advantages going forward because of it -- there's no way Google or Facebook could offer such a product for their services in any meaningful way without destroying their core business. "

Sure Apple depends on screen addiction too. Why would somebody buy a $1000+ phone and then not use it?

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Think a smarter, more sustainable usage model phone companies should depend on is controlled use, not addiction.

You eventually just get an unhappy userbase that’s about to burn themselves out of your ecosystem with the latter. Think this is what the OP is hinting at since Apple has pricing models that are less reliant on the latter.

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