Scrolling is out of control. Screen time limits are bypassable. Restriction apps are easily gamed. Consumers are powerless against the best-engineered products in history.
We’re advocating for state laws requiring Apple and Android to build in a “digital self-exclusion” tool (the same concept casinos use for problem gamblers) so adults can voluntarily block their own access to chosen apps and websites on their smartphones, with no way to bypass the block before the period they set (6 months, 1 year, 5 years) has expired.
That unbypassable block is the whole point: it’s a function that doesn’t exist on phones today, though one that consumers have been crying out for.