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The dumbphone revival and the broader push to reclaim our attention have zeroed in on one habit in particular: reaching for a phone the moment we wake, and again as the last thing before sleep. A growing crop of devices now promises to break that loop, from feature phones built purely for calls and texts to social-media-blocking flip phones like Commodore's retro Callback 8020. Copenhagen-based Habity Design is tackling the same problem from a different direction, replacing the phone on your nightstand rather than the one in your pocket.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Like this part:

... all running fully offline with no app, account, or subscription.

Not this part:

The Habity clock is priced at 995 Danish kroner, or roughly US$150

But, this is coming from a guy who spent $500 on an Apple watch, which has ended up sitting next to my bed as a clock that displays the time when I bump the shelf. It's cool that it doesn't glow at me all night long, but not $500 cool.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Love this thing, but not for $200.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

150$. What a fucking gimmick. Just so you can have a smiley face next to the time

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

everything these days is a cheap trash gimmick. it's all garbage

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or buy a second-hand Echo Show 5 for peanuts, wipe Amazon's OS, install Lineage, and make it look pretty with a 3D-printed enclosure.

https://www.printables.com/model/1769972-amazon-echo-show-enclosure

[–] rimu@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bold of you to put one of those next to the place where you do the dirty. Even with the OS wiped, lol

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

I take great pleasure in acquiring big tech garbage and freeing it from those big tech shackles.

De-amazoned Echo? Sure

Ungoogled Chromebook running Linux? Don't mind if I do.

Jailbroken Kindle? Thank you very much

Taking enshittified hardware and liberating it is rather satisfying.