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Punishment app fines you $15 for overusing Instagram
Original: Go one minute over your Instagram limit and you owe $15 to the NRA. Or to Everytown. Or to whichever organisation makes
A developer has released Punish, an Android app that lets users set screen-time limits and charges them $15 if they exceed them, with the money donated to an organisation of the user's choice, including ones they dislike such as the NRA or Everytown. The idea is that donating to a cause you oppose makes the penalty genuinely motivating rather than a trivial cost.
Why now: The unusual self-punishment mechanic of donating to a disliked organisation is novel and sparks debate about screen-time control.
Evidence
- Go one minute over your Instagram limit and you owe $15 to the NRA. Or to Everytown. Or to whichever organisation makes your skin crawl. You picked it yourself when you set the goal. That's Punish, an Android app I built alone. You set a goal ("Instagram under 30 minutes a… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 2
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