This is actually pretty brilliant and innovative.

With other solutions, the “key” that re-enables distractions is always present. Brick allows you to leave that key behind, turning your phone into a new, distraction-free device until you return.

This tickles some part of my brain… The scanning part is so cool. Would you use an app like this?

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    5 months ago

    There’s also this company that caters to this sort of thing. I’ve been considering moving to this someday, maybe when my current phone dies. I’m the kind of person that needs a genuinely dumbed down phone to limit access since I’d just get the key out of the drawer and ‘cheat’ eventually.

    dumbwireless.com

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, for me I don’t use any Google apps except Maps, but they are still on my phone, and can’t be removed.

      It’s sad that all of us are carrying around all these apps that we didn’t choose, and that we don’t want or use.

      Makes me again consider cyanogenmod… But had some issues without the Google shit on it.