The French spend an average of 3.5 hours a day on their phone, or 21% of their waking time. On a life scale, this represents almost 15 years on a mobile phone. Opal was born from this observation, a company created in January 2021 that aims to change the consumption habits of Internet users around the world.
The app, currently only available on iOS and as a Chrome extension, allows you to set Screen Time in a number of ways. “You can block without any means of circumvention or choose to use the application but specify why and for how long. For example, going to Twitter to see information for two minutes, and after those two minutes, the application will be blocked, ”he explains. leader.
Awareness
Starting with a free offer and a premium (at 99 euros per year), Opal wants to offer Internet users a breather that allows them to adopt healthier behaviors with the screens.
Opal now has nearly 500,000 members and claims nearly 50 million hours offline since its inception. A first step before perhaps a collective click on this screen time: “We need awareness on the part of Internet users. Developers are good at making useful but addictive products. But you have to understand that it is an anxiety to be constantly connected.”
A helpful reminder ahead of Shutdown Day which will take place this Friday night through Saturday night.
Source: BFM TV
