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Unlearning a habit (aka forming a new habits to replace the old one) is about having a cue. The fake app…",{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"20582300","faeyanpiraat","It can put an icon on your homescreen looking like an app that you want to stop using. Then when you try to instinctively open for example twitter, a simple page comes up that…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Free to use; maker asks for donations to see the detox counter again after several uses.","maker",[70,73],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"20582439","Thanks I updated the message with \"For us, in order to be able to cover our server costs, we ask our users to contribute a tiny amount if they find the app useful. Donate to see…",{"id":74,"by":60,"text":75},"20582491","@faeyanpiraat described it very well: \"It can put an icon on your homescreen looking like an app that you want to stop using. Then when you try to instinctively open for example…",{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Maker says it is a way to measure and validate the idea and cover costs of the project.","commenter",[80],{"id":81,"by":60,"text":82},"20582660","$3 donation is never going to get us rich, especially when the conversation rate for such apps are normally below 5% of the user base. The primary reason for asking donation is…",[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":88,"objections":104,"requests":133,"questions":156,"alternatives":179},[89,97],{"value":90,"source":78,"evidence":91},"Useful idea for breaking phone habits, comparable to a cue-based habit approach.",[92,93],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"20582515","scotty79","I was addicted to TV when I was in high school. After school I alwys lied down in front of a tv for few hours. Switching channels, getting a little bit entertained but more and…",{"value":98,"source":78,"evidence":99},"Clearer instructions than a similar weekend project.",[100],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"20582725","ImJasonH","I made something similar as a weekend hack: https:\u002F\u002Fquit.social It helped me quit my Instagram habit, so it's already more than paid for itself. Next is Twitter. :( Detoxify…",[105,118,126],{"value":106,"source":78,"evidence":107},"Donation prompt about server costs seems dishonest for a static site.",[108,112,115],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"20582483","namanyayg","What server costs are you talking about? How much does hosting this run you? $5\u002Fmo?",{"id":113,"by":110,"text":114},"20582550","They should say that then, I'm not sure how a simple app like this could cost more than a few dollars per month on hosting. PWAs are offline first and there's one database with…",{"id":116,"by":110,"text":117},"20582701","Just say you want money for your app. Put a pay-what-you-want or heck, bill for it monthly. I really don't think it's the right idea to blatantly lie, it's quite obvious that…",{"value":119,"source":78,"evidence":120},"Unclear benefit compared with just uninstalling the app.",[121,122],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"20582532","playpause","That's a technical description of what it does. But what is the benefit, compared to just uninstalling the real app? Edit: I can kind of see how it might work for some people:…",{"value":127,"source":78,"evidence":128},"Counter stays at 1 on iOS 12.4.",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"20582750","Tepix","Doesn't work for me, the counter remains at 1 on iOS 12.4",[134,145],{"value":135,"source":78,"evidence":136},"Make the donation wording honest and clearer about costs.",[137,141],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"20582931","r3bl","Yeah, I agree with the other comment. > \"For us, in order to be able to cover our server costs, we ask our users to contribute a tiny amount if they find the app useful. Donate…",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"20582826","Crosseye_Jack","It’s not about making a profit. Everyone wants to atleast cover their costs (including their own time). And personally I like money. I like having it and I like spending it. So…",{"value":146,"source":78,"evidence":147},"Explain how the app works on the site.",[148,152],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"20582786","kuu","That should be written in the website (even on about page or similar, just an opinion\u002Fidea)",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"20582280","skrebbel","I don't understand what this does.",[157,161,168],{"value":158,"source":78,"evidence":159},"How does this help compared with uninstalling?",[160],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"value":162,"source":78,"evidence":163},"How will the business make money?",[164],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"20586354","throwaway13000","I asked a related question 2 days ago. This is a great idea. But how does one make money selling such ideas\u002Fapps? Do we make partnerships? Do we list the app on appstore for a…",{"value":169,"source":78,"evidence":170},"What is the privacy policy and is data collected?",[171,175],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"20582509","masthead","What's the privacy policy around this? 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