Current Events > I enabled developer options to force my phone to display everything in grayscale

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It hasn't made much of a difference in how often I use it, but the UI feels more relaxing and less busy. I think there are some people that recommend trying it to reduce screen time though but the apps I use aren't particularly addicting to begin with, no real social media apps to speak of.

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I did it before, it worked okay. I get similar results with the blue light filter

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Hell no, color is important in UI conveyance and I also just like how colors look

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

I did it before, it worked okay. I get similar results with the blue light filter

Is the blue light filter similar to night mode? I might give that a shot at some point.

I also use the grayscale theme on GameFAQS but that's been a thing for years now.

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They're probably the same thing. Grey scale was fun to pretend I had a gameboy pocket again though

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Ah here's the guy I remember hearing this from, Tristan Harris.

https://observer.com/2018/05/grayscale-can-cure-smartphone-addiction/

One thing you can try is to set your phone screen to grayscale, according to Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google who is now full-time advocating for putting our time to better use in the age of tech.

This approach is also scientifically proven. By stripping away all the neuron-stimulating colors on your phone, you are less motivated to check your phone even without any calls ringing or notifications buzzing.

Looking at even just the colors of your screen activates a banana-like rewards [system] for chimpanzees. If you just turn that off, it makes a big difference, Harris said at the 2018 Milken Insitute Global Conference on Monday.

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https://i.imgur.com/SO4E61L.jpeg


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