Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light (www.wired.com)
from jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 03:05
https://lemmy.world/post/16368633

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db2@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 03:10 next collapse

Lovely paywall. Super interesting.

jeffw@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 05:17 next collapse

Block cookies or delete yours. Super easy.

[deleted] on 10 Jun 2024 05:48 next collapse

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jeffw@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 08:23 collapse

Pretty easy stuff? Not sure why you’re mad

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 2024 06:18 collapse

Or different browsers. Wired is soft paywall, iirc 5 articles a month. Like you said, super easy

Bricriu@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 13:33 collapse

They also paywall some ad-blockers.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 2024 14:00 collapse

Honest question. Which ones? On mobile uBlock Origin/ Firefox and Cromite with easy list etc. don’t seem to have a problem with it. Mulch will hit the pay wall, but that doesn’t have ad blocking.

Bricriu@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 15:09 collapse

I use Block This! on my Android device, which essentially a pseudo-VPN that blackholes ad requests (as well as some trackers and miscellany). Wired bounces me immediately if I have it enabled.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 2024 15:27 collapse

Indeed, that is just an ad blocker. I looked at their github and it hasn’t been updated in 7 years.

For good basic ad blocking you might want to try something like controld.com/free-dns which works well. No app required, just set it in your DNS on Android.

If you want more finetuning look at the app www.rethinkdns.com

For bypassing pay walls you want something like Cromite (Chromium) or better Firefox, or a privacy fork like Mull.

Bricriu@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 16:33 collapse

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has been my model 😉 And Wired aside, it does work phenomenally well. But I will take a look at your suggestion.

DjMeas@lemm.ee on 10 Jun 2024 05:24 collapse

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far_university1990@feddit.de on 10 Jun 2024 21:07 collapse

Ehrenmann

Worx@lemmynsfw.com on 10 Jun 2024 03:21 next collapse

I’ve not read the article yet, but I’m going to assume it’s affecting my sleep because I’m reading about how it’s affecting my sleep at 04:21 instead of, you know, going to sleep. Just a guess

etchinghillside@reddthat.com on 10 Jun 2024 04:32 next collapse

Just. One. More. Scroll.

grrgyle@slrpnk.net on 10 Jun 2024 16:46 collapse

Next section will be the perfect one to end on bro, bro I promise, just a little more bro

tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Jun 2024 06:15 collapse

It’s that, plus “notifications can disrupt your sleep.”

“A much greater issue [than the blue light] is likely to be the content viewed,” says Peirson. “Reading work emails relating to impending deadlines is clearly going to cause anxiety, and anxiety is strongly related to insomnia.”

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee on 10 Jun 2024 14:06 collapse

Hey ADHD out of sight out of mind does have some up sides I guess

grrgyle@slrpnk.net on 10 Jun 2024 16:45 collapse

No phones in the bedroom club!

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Jun 2024 05:40 next collapse

Some even allow notifications and messages to disrupt their sleep.

WTF is wrong with people!?

OmgItBurns@discuss.online on 10 Jun 2024 06:09 next collapse

It’s called working in IT. Gotta make sure those servers are up.

lurch@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 2024 07:05 next collapse

if this is the case, it should be in your contract, you should get paid for on-call duty and get a free SIM and/or phone for those notifications, so you can mute or shutdown notifications from your private SIM/phone

laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 10 Jun 2024 08:06 next collapse

I don’t know about you but I will not be taking after hours calls for work without being compensated for being available

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca on 10 Jun 2024 10:31 collapse

Bruh I work in IT (maintaining servers too) and my day ends at 5. You need a union. If you’re on call literally all the time you should be getting paid overtime.

sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip on 10 Jun 2024 06:09 next collapse

I have had multiple people in my life tell me that it is irresponsible to not have my phone on, 24/7, in case they need to message me about something.

These are the same people who get angry anytime I message them and they are busy, but also get angry if I am busy and don’t immediately reply to them.

I’ve been woken up so many times at 2 am…

At least in my life, its quite common for people to be hypocritical douchebags.

imecth@fedia.io on 10 Jun 2024 11:49 next collapse

Most phones these days allow you to set a DND schedule which you can customize to allow specific numbers for emergencies and people that don't abuse it.

flicker@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 14:59 collapse

Mine has a setting where if a number calls you once, it blocks. If it calls you a second time, it goes through. And it works! I use it all the time.

imecth@fedia.io on 10 Jun 2024 15:15 collapse

Well yeah, but the problem is typically the people who you don't want you calling you in the middle of night are also the ones willing to call you a few times till you pick up.

Fredselfish@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 12:06 next collapse

Do Not Disturb, since I started using that feature I sleep much better. I even have set to automatically go into that state when I go to bed.

Also began using it for other things as well. Like watching tv and when I am driving.

etchinghillside@reddthat.com on 10 Jun 2024 16:52 collapse

This is work people or life people?

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 2024 07:09 next collapse

Someone with, for instance, older kids who could get themselves into a situation (and only communicate by text) and a parent in a different time zone who’s got Alzheimer’s and is being cared for by a stressed-out sibling who needs support and agreement from the rest of us by group email.

[deleted] on 10 Jun 2024 11:15 next collapse

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slumberlust@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 11:57 collapse

Isn’t it possible to allow-list certain numbers?

JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz on 10 Jun 2024 13:03 collapse

Yes. Android for example has an option to allow starred contacts or certain conversation notifications to always ignore do not disturb, as well as letting any calls through if the same number calls twice during 15 minutes.

Veddit@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 2024 13:50 collapse

I’d love to use that feature, but it just seems so ineffective on my android. Things I whitelist fail to show, and things I blacklist pop up.

littlewonder@lemmy.world on 11 Jun 2024 02:49 collapse

The BuzzKill app is amazing for this, imo.

[deleted] on 10 Jun 2024 15:35 next collapse

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SomethingBurger@jlai.lu on 10 Jun 2024 18:39 next collapse

I set my phone to automatically go into Do Not Disturb mode at night, but still ring if my parents call me. If they call at night, it must be urgent.

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Jun 2024 19:01 collapse

That seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, very different from allowing “notifications and messages to disrupt their sleep”.

MentorKitten@lemmy.world on 11 Jun 2024 02:25 collapse

I sometimes forget to turn on do not disturb so this has definitely happened to me before ¯\(ツ)

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Jun 2024 02:40 next collapse

I’m pretty sure that forgetting and allowing are two very different things.

brettvitaz@programming.dev on 11 Jun 2024 03:00 next collapse

Set a wake up alarm and your phone will automatically enter do not disturb mode for the 8 hours before your alarm

pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Jun 2024 11:17 collapse

some people are teens and are in summer break (or have a worthwhile job that let’s you clock in online and whenever you wake up).

brettvitaz@programming.dev on 11 Jun 2024 12:34 collapse

And?

[deleted] on 11 Jun 2024 12:35 collapse

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bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net on 11 Jun 2024 14:44 collapse

Sleep by Android and I’m sure some other apps turn it on for you when you plug it in at night, then turn it off when your alarm goes.

Gsus4@mander.xyz on 11 Jun 2024 02:49 collapse

…because of anxiety from doomscrolling and notifications

pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 11 Jun 2024 11:16 collapse

lemmy solves half of that