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Notes on screen time, friction and building Munen. Each post starts from a real question and answers it up front.
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Munen vs Freedom: a wall on every device or a pause that reads your week
Freedom blocks in sessions you set, on every device; Munen prices every open by your zone.
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Munen vs Forest: a tree you could lose or a pause on every open
Forest makes you lose a tree if you quit a session; Munen prices every open by your zone.
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What adaptive friction is, and how it differs from a fixed delay
Digital friction comes in four kinds: fixed, escalating, conditional and adaptive. What separates them, when each works, and how to measure it.
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Munen vs Roots: a ritual you perform or a pause that changes by itself
Roots asks you to complete a ritual to unlock; Munen varies the wait by zone.
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Munen vs Jomo: earn your screen time or let yesterday set the price
Jomo unlocks apps when you finish a habit; Munen prices the wait by your zone.
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Why the pause is never longer than ten seconds
Research on friction shows the deliberation prompt does the work, not the wait. Munen caps every pause at 10 seconds. Here are the studies behind that cap.
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Why people delete app blockers after two weeks
App blockers fail on the day you genuinely need in. The research calls it reactance. Here is what a screen time app can do instead of a locked door.
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What a screen time app actually measures about you
Munen's zone score reads five signals with published weights. Here is the full table, the thresholds, and how a number between 0 and 1 becomes a zone.
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The hour before bed is the one worth protecting
Sleep research puts the hour before bed first, and Munen's zone score weights night use highest. Here is how to spend one free schedule on that window.
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What a screen time app should do on your worst day
Most screen time apps punish a bad day or ignore it. Munen caps the fall at one zone, never tightens mid day, and can give the zone back at 8 pm.
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Munen vs ScreenZen: a pause you configure or a pause that follows you
ScreenZen delays apps with rules you set; Munen with a pause that follows your zone.
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Munen vs one sec: two kinds of pause before you open an app
one sec runs a breathing pause you configure; Munen a pause that follows your zone.
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What late night scrolling costs you the next morning
Night use of your distracting apps is the single heaviest signal in Munen's zone score, at 32 percent. Here is the exact window, the thresholds and why.
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Deep work without locking yourself out
Munen's focus sessions close your flagged apps for as long as you choose, and let you stop early with no penalty. Why that combination is the point.
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Munen vs Opal: two different ways to handle screen time
Opal blocks apps in scheduled sessions; Munen adds a pause that follows your daily zone.