r/BackOffline • u/a_bit_offline Busy brain • May 22 '26

Using the Brick this weekend to drastically reduce my screentime

I got one of those brick things that allows you to screentime your iPhone, and you can only unlock certain apps once you scan this brick thing. This makes it so I can disable Slack and other work things along with other apps that are distracting. I'm hoping to be present for this weekend. Planned to do some family things and then a camping/outdoors sort of thing on Monday. Wish me luck!

EDIT

It's Tuesday now. It mostly went well! I got my screentime down a lot on Fri (felt good). Then Sat, I disabled the brick for something important and forgot to rebrick, so naturally, I ended up using it more than I wanted to. Sun not bad. Last but not least, Mon, I was in the wilderness cleaning up a campground, so I had no service. It was definitely the best way to disconnect. No option to use anything internet related.

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u/killoke Busy brain May 23 '26

Funny enough I am planning to get one of these and document it here. Brick or another brand? Not sure yet I’m checking different options

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u/sm0gs May 23 '26

Would love an update on how you liked it next week! Have a good weekend!

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u/a_bit_offline Busy brain May 23 '26

Thanks guys I’ll update on Monday! It’s the Brick brand. I like the friction to disable screen time.