I swapped my iPhone for the distraction-free Balance Phone to curb my social media habit, and it wasn't quite the digital detox I expected
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The mixed results from a ‘distraction-free’ phone experiment highlight that hardware constraints alone rarely fix attention problems shaped by work and social expectations. Product teams building focus tools should design for gradual behavior change and integration with existing ecosystems, not hard isolation.
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