https://bfeldman.me/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Benjamin Feldman Hugo -- 0.147.7 en-us Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:26:35 +0100 https://bfeldman.me/posts/ios-app-blocker/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:26:35 +0100 https://bfeldman.me/posts/ios-app-blocker/ <p>Lately, I have been getting a ton of ads for a device called <a href="https://getbrick.app/">Brick</a>, which is <em>a physical device that temporarily removes distracting apps &amp; their notifications from your phone</em>. The way it works is simple: the only way to unlock your apps is to scan the NFC tag inside your <em>Brick</em>. This means that you need to physically move towards your Brick to be able to doomscroll, and hopefully abandon that idea.</p>