Apple Couldn’t Cure My iPhone Addiction

The most important feature of iOS 12 aims to help you limit your iPhone usage, except it’s only effective if you want it to be

Apple's new Screen Time controls let you set limits for your iPhone usage, but WSJ's Joanna Stern suggests that if you really want to curb your addiction, you should drain the color from your digital world.

Joanna Stern

Sept. 11, 2018 9:00 a.m. ET

One day with my iPhone: 310 notifications. 210 iPhone pickups. 55 minutes in Messages. 42 minutes on Twitter. 2 eyerolls from the barista when I failed to look up (because, Instagram). 1 email from my mom stating, “Your phone is your best friend.”

And that was just last Thursday—2½ months after I began using Apple’s new Screen Time controls on my iPhone. Thanks for the … help, Apple.

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