Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling
An anti-doomscrolling feature is now built into Android. (Yes, things have gotten that bad.)
On Tuesday, Google announced Pause Point which is designed to keep users from engaging with addictive apps on Android, the mobile operating system that powers Google’s Pixel smartphones, Samsung devices, and others.
Pause Point works by requiring a 10-second pause after you open any app you’ve labeled for yourself as being a distraction. TikTok, Instagram, X, and even Google’s YouTube could be the kind of apps labeled as “distracting” by Android device owners worried about the power of time-sucking algorithms to eat away at their day.
With the addition, Google isn’t only thinking of users’ well-being, of course.
It’s reacting to increasing regulatory pressure around social media harms and algorithmic dangers. Today, many countries and U.S. stateshave created laws to restrict or ban minors from using social media, as the impacts of these apps on...
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