Single Purpose Devices

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Moving my music to a dedicated device has helped reduce my phone use and dependence (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world to c/singlepurpose@lemmy.world

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I got a nice set of wired headphones and a portable music player (Snowsky Echo Mini). It’s been great. I don’t feel the need to have the phone beside my bed as much and I can go out with my phone on me, but switched off.

I’m thinking about what other use I could separate from the phone, but I think for me that music was the main one. Podcasts would be harder because of how frequently they update.

I’ve also found having a Rubik’s cube on me as well as a yo-yo has kept me off my phone even longer.

What do you think would be a substantial use case you could separate from your phone?

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Grayscale is definitely a big help.

I wouldn’t recommend the Echo Mini for audiobooks. It can play them, but they might need to be converted to a supported format. It doesn’t support chapters or bookmarks as far as I’ve read on forums. So if you play a song and come back to your book, it might start from the beginning. It cannot change playback speed either.

For podcasts, batching is a good idea. I’d probably go for an separate, even simpler player, if I don’t care too much about the order the episodes are played in. Sobering screen less even.

The Rubik’s is a 2x2x2. There’s a 6 minute video online showing how to solve it. It is a burden at the moment - more than I expected - but I'm hoping to master it so it can become a fidget toy.