Screen time passcode I don’t know

When it comes to limiting my phone use, I tried them all.

  • Turn screen into greyscale to reduce stimulation.
  • Shuffling app folder to break the swipe habit.
  • Block URL.
  • Setup a screen time passcode to remind myself.

But I always find ways to revoke it.

The frustration came from a 2 hour Saturday night doom scroll YouTube on Safari (It’s always Safari).

I decided to make the cost of revoke much higher and add enforce a replacing pattern. I asked my daughter to change the screen time passcode. And forget about it.

In a situation that I need to use the browser, I need to go through the process of passcode recovery. It’s a lot of work.

For replacement, I made podcast and Kindle obvious on the home screen.

Result

before
after