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Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumber” models.

Buried in the settings of many smartphones is the option to look up how much on average you are staring at your phone per day.

It can bring an uncomfortable realisation, that what was supposed to be a useful piece of technology has become an obsession.

According to a study by Harvard University, using social networking sites lights up the same part of the brain that is also triggered when taking an addictive substance. This has raised concerns about phone habits among youth. 

In the UK, research by Ofcom estimates that around a quarter of children aged five to seven years old now have their own smartphone

Links have been shown in some studies between use of social media and a negative effect on mental health - especially in children.

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[–] autonomoususer 34 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Phones still pre-infected with anti-libre software, software we don't control.

When's the last time Tor, OBS, NewPipe or F-Droid abused us, exploited us? Never, they don't fail to include a libre software license text file, like AGPL.

[–] lanolinoil 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

absolute power corrupts absolutely. It's not that those softwares are noble, they're just decentralized. I will say it's impressive that Tor doesn't have some people pulling the strings trying to take over (but it's probably the NSA right?)

[–] autonomoususer 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

OBS is decentralised? Not the first word I would pick.

[–] lanolinoil 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

is it not open source? That helps to decentralize power though powerful figures can still appear in those spaces too, like (benevolent) Torvalds on the Linux kernel

e: yeah https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That’s not really what people mean by decentralized in this space but I get what you mean

[–] autonomoususer 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] lanolinoil 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

?

It's distributed under the GNU General Public License v2 (or any later version) - see the accompanying COPYING file for more details.

[–] autonomoususer 0 points 6 months ago