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Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions

(www.foqos.app)
225 points awaseem | 1 comments | 21 Jan 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.81s | source

Hi HN!

Super proud to showcase Foqos! I wanted to create a way to physically block apps on my phone, always had a bunch of NFC tags, combined the 2 together over the holiday break and Foqos was born. You can create profiles, write them to NFC tags and track your weekly focus.

Its completely open source and will always be free! There is an affiliate link in the app for nfc tags and donations are completely optional

Link here: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/foqos/id6736793117

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insane_dreamer ◴[21 Jan 25 20:30 UTC] No.42784860[source]▶
Very cool; wondering if this could work as a parental control. "screen time" on iOS is fundamentally broken, and something like this would require the child to come to the parent for screen time extensions (if the parent has the NFC chip).
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puttycat ◴[21 Jan 25 21:05 UTC] No.42785188[source]▶
How is that different from the parent holding the code?
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1. r0fl ◴[21 Jan 25 23:17 UTC] No.42786453[source]▶
Screen time blocks are terrible

I use them myself to limit some websites that waste my time

It is way too easy to click on 1 more minute, or 15 mins or ignore for the day

The only way to really block sites is to add them as adult websites and turn on parental controls

But can’t do that with apps