Observed arrival · 2026-08-30
ScrollStake Makes Doomscrolling Financial
A coming iOS habit tracker asks users to stake real money against their own screen-time limits.
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The proposed workflow combines an app or website selection, a time cap, a commitment period, and a user-chosen monetary stake. The homepage illustrates the idea with a £10 penalty for exceeding 20 minutes of Instagram use over seven days. At present, the only active interaction is an email waitlist; the privacy notice says those addresses are intended for launch communication and may be stored with a third-party mailing-list provider.
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