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Smartphone addiction is real, and it can be terrible


Your phone can never love you back.

I'm going to forego the usual light-hearted weekend banter today, because I want to talk about something I just met head-on, didn't know much about, as learned how terrifying it can be. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)Phone makers have realized they can help combat any addiction issues by giving us tools to thwart them. It provides things like daily usage reports so you can track how much time you really spent staring into the screen, how long you spend on a particular app, or even how many notifications you get.

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