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After years of struggling to curb my screen time, apparently all I needed was a $59 hunk of plastic.

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Doomscrolling on social media is a very common problem and can feel like an endless loop of constantly losing track of time.

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Switching a phone to grayscale made scrolling feel less rewarding, so mindless browsing dropped and weekly average screen time fell below 3 hours. Grayscale created real annoyances, especially for ...

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