If it’s true that’s what they value, then that can be used as leverage to help break that habit. I would say that the other suggestions in this thread to not allow phone use when inviting them to things could be one place to start, but also while doing the same thing yourself. Or maybe come up with some other reason like being security paranoid or something (these apps are a privacy invasion for those around them after all).

If they’re too depressed to care though then that’s another problem.

I agree that those apps are crazy addictive. But like what’s the reason for them in particular to stop? What are they losing that’s of value to them?

Do they have a reason not to?

They’re going to fuck up like they always do and we’ll be back to a Republican majority in no time

Democrats are paid to be optimistic and not deliver

My state is so fucked that for the senate race Republican and third parties are literally the only options. Although the third parties here are just as bad if not worse than the average Democrat.

1. Touch grass
2. Find a local group of open source enthusaists
3. Ask if any of them use Lemmy. If yes, then mission accomplished!

Rubber band

I like the tech focus and how the politics are less impulse-based and seem more rooted in reality and people are more willing to deviate from the crowd. Also like that it doesn’t block Hexbear/Lemmygrad, piracy communities, Tor users, etc.

Ironically I think I’ve gotten better results from AI-optimized search engines than from DuckDuckGo

I have not had good luck with any search engine I’ve used lately, even Kagi. I pretty much have to go directly on the website I expect to find what I’m looking for and search there now. Also I suspect that with AI people might be posting in forums less now.

A Fedora variant of some sort since they are up-to-date in terms of features and have a low learning curve

the website, because it works the same as on my computer

Ask them what their 6-7 favorite features are

Disappointed by the amount of upvotes though

Also Odyssey

https://odysee.com/@PressTV:2

I can access it over Tor with Netherlands endpoint

Mine is constantly going off all the time, like I’m preparing an argument of some sort (which usually has nothing to do with what I need to be doing) and need to process all the information I can over and over again to make sure everything lines up. If someone talks for more than 5 seconds my own internal monologue kicks in until the person stops or like 30 seconds pass and I realize it distracted me. Makes it difficult to read as well, and on bad occasions it can last for hours. The only time this doesn’t happen is if I’m intensely focused on something like a self-driven programming project.

Probably avoid Google Pixels then. They use Tensor chips, which have poor performance.

Disagree here. Maybe it’s worse than other current flagships, but the performance is nowhere near as bad as the cheap budget phones I’ve had before. When I got my Pixel the performance felt like an upgrade from my Samsung phone so I wouldn’t discount it.

I use a Pixel 6 Pro with GrapheneOS, if you decide to go that route I would do at least a Pixel 8 or wait for the GrapheneOS phone release.