Unhook tip #7: Tension quietly reduces your desire to use an app.
If something feels draining, your brain will avoid it — even if it’s designed to hook you.
Use that to your advantage: put limits on apps on iOS.
📱Settings → Screen Time → App Limits → Add Limit
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Unhook tip #6: disable app tracking on iOS.
📱 Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking → Turn off “Allow Apps to Request to Track”
When disabled, apps can’t access the device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) or legally track you across other apps and websites for profiling.
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Unhook tip #5: make it slightly harder to scroll.
Web interfaces are less “sticky” than apps.
No infinite micro-optimizations. Slower entry. Fewer push triggers.
That small psychological barrier reduces impulse use.
Design your environment — don’t let it design you.
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Unhook tip #4: use web versions instead of apps.
Social media, news, marketplaces — apps are optimized for engagement.
More hooks. More prompts. More loops.
Web versions are leaner by constraint. Fewer nudges. Fewer dark patterns.
Friction is a feature.
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Unhook tip #3: move your “to read” bookmarks out of the browser.
Use a read-later app (e.g. Instapaper).
Offline. Clean view. Cross-platform.
Don’t let your reading list be locked to one browser.
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Don't forget to change your default password manager on iOS.
📱 Settings → General → AutoFill & Passwords → AutoFill Passwords → Select your manager
Unhook tip #2: move your passwords out of the OS or browser.
When credentials live inside one ecosystem, your identity is tied to that vendor. Use an independent manager (e.g. Bitwarden) to stay portable and in control.
Reduce lock-in. Increase digital autonomy.
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Unhook tip #1: hide message previews on iOS — see the sender, not the content.
A message notification already breaks focus. Showing the text makes it worse.
Stay aware without being pulled in.
📱 Settings → Notifications → Messages → Show Previews → Never
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