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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Analog-obsessed Gen Zers are buying $40 app blockers to limit social media use and take breaks from the ‘slot machine in your pocket’

(Credit: Kevin He)

Gen Zers are trying to get over their phone addiction with the help of products that make it harder to impulsively doomscroll, while also allowing them to not throw their phone away entirely. 

Among the frenzy of videos promoting healthier diets, marathon running, and sobriety, one trend catching on with young people—ironically on social media—is the idea of a digital detox, taking time away from our phone’s most addictive apps to improve everything from sleep to focus. 

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