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The smartphone is not the problem, it’s what you put on it. Once you got twitter and instagram and reddit, boy oh boy are you gonna reach for that thing when you’re bored even just a little.

So yeah, I agree. My smartphone also handles 2FA, PayPal and bus tickets. None of that is harmful to me, but very useful, and giving it up just for living without a smartphone seems pointless.

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> Once you got twitter and instagram and reddit

Yep, that's why I have none of these installed on my phone. I read reddit only when I'm sitting at my laptop.

Interestingly, I don’t really read reddit even on my PC anymore after removing it from my phone. Like I opened it a few time, immediately got bored, and went on to do something else.

Even grabbing it to look at photos, take photos etc. when the physiological need is dopamine is not good.

You can get a dopamine hit without those apps. A little harder, but still within reach.

The further you are from dopamine laced activity the better. Sure there are exceptions.

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