POLL: Do you use screen time limit notifications on your smartphone?

Question

I was pretty pumped when iOS introduced screen time limits, and immediately set myself 30 minute daily limits for apps I tend to waste time on like Instagram.

Unfortunately, I now find myself ignoring the notifications when they pop up. Curious to see what your experiences are limiting screen time, makers!

Lanre Akinyemi · Accepted Answer

I also turned this on for Instagram and Candy Crush 😏 When it cut me off the first time - it was so abrupt (it was like only 10am!) and I felt cheated. Now it's much much much easier and most days I don't even get to the timer limiter anymore. I can't even remember who was the first to introduce this - was it Google last year?

Shangata Afsana · Answer

I use this for Instagram - but I pretty much always hit the time limit and ignore it ...

Abadesi · Answer

@lanre_akinyemi wow candy crush - been a while since I played that!

Dan Edwards · Answer

Never tried it, maybe I should 🙈

Kevin · Answer

I feel guilty for ignoring it sometimes. It somehow already became muscle memory to just "Ignore it for 15 minutes".

Abadesi · Answer

@sarahloertscher they're handy but I have started to ignore them.

Eugene Mi · Answer

If anyone has kids, I've collected 11 methods kids use to bypass Screen Time on iOS: https://bytescout.com/blog/bypass-screen-time-on-ipad-or-7-hacks-found-by-kids-to-walkaround-apples-parent-control.html
TLDR is  that kids are hackers these days and you shouldn't rely on Screen Time really.

Taylor Majewski · Answer

I use this for Instagram - but I pretty much always hit the time limit and ignore it 😕

Sarah Loertscher · Answer

I don't use them but tbh I didn't know they made notifications, I just check the screen time hours each week! I'm going to start using them though!

Lucy Woodman · Answer

I have apps that run in the background, such as pomodoro type things, so my screen time is skewed by those. However, I didn't realise you could add notifications, so I will be looking into that!

Neil Chalk · Answer

I often ignore for 15 minutes at a time, sometimes I use the new "ignore for one minute" feature and it does help me getting side tracked and wasting my time in apps. That said my screen time has crept back up from under 4 hours to just over 5 hours/day :shocked_face_with_exploding_head:

Jeremy Laskar · Answer

The solution here is to use Parental Controls instead of Screen Time, and have a partner/friend set the password 🙅‍♀️🙅‍♂️

Abadesi · Answer

@keeev yes that's what I'm going through! I immediately swipe away and keep scrolling social media 😞

Sarah Loertscher · Answer

@abadesi haha yeah I often do the same with my pomodoro reminders 🤦‍♀️

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POLL: Do you use screen time limit notifications on your smartphone?

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