A 21-year-old Quebec student who became tired of spending hours doomscrolling has built something increasingly rare in social media: an app that actually wants you to put your phone down. The app comes at a time when Canada is reportedly moving to restrict social media use for people under 16.
Alexis Bossé, a business student at the Université du Québec à Montréal, launched Lyvio in May after struggling to find a social media platform that felt less addictive. Unlike mainstream platforms that rely heavily on algorithms to determine what users see next, Lyvio takes a deliberately different approach.
