Tech companies have the answer to phone addiction: more tech

Silicon Valley believes there is no problem they can't solve, even if the problem is that their tech is making us miserable

Apple's software keynotes are normally about how the ways you'll be able to get your devices to do more, but Monday's event had an unusually paternalistic bent. Demonstrating their new "time well spent" apps, Apple execs showed how your iPhone will get you to spend less time on your iPhone. So if you've spent longer stalking your crush on Instagram then you had previously planned it will say: "You went over your Instagram limit two times this week" - presumably it's not angry, just disappointed.

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