Appreciation post: The bus station WiFi that made me delete all my shopping apps

I was stuck waiting for a Greyhound in Pittsburgh for 2 hours last month, and the free WiFi was so slow it took 30 seconds just to load a page. That wait made me realize how many apps I open out of boredom, so I deleted all 14 shopping apps right there on my phone. Has anyone else found a random waiting situation that actually helped them cut screen time?

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the_sam8d ago

Did you actually stick with it long term or did you slowly redownload them once you were back on normal wifi

theawest8d ago

Man, that's actually a brilliant way to break the habit. I did something similar at the DMV last year, just sat there watching the loading circle spin on my weather app. It made me realize how much I was just refreshing stuff for no reason. I didn't delete shopping apps but I turned off notifications for like half of them. The boredom itch is real but slow WiFi forces you to just sit there.