How much more do you think you could get done in a day if you just blocked Instagram, TikTok, or Bluesky? Your phone’s built-in screen-time tools help, but a physical lock would be even better. That’s the pitch behind viral devices like Brick, which can block certain apps and sites and refuse to unlock them unless you use an actual object. But this thing costs $60 when apps like Switchly and Foqos can do the same thing for free.
The core idea behind these distraction-fighting…

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