Launch HN: Clearspace (YC W23) – Cut back on screen time
Hey HN, we're Royce and Oliver, the founders of Clearspace ( https://www.getclearspace.com ). We make an iPhone app that helps you reduce compulsive phone use. It regulates your social media experiences and app usage, saving you from impulse opens and mindless scrolls. Here’s a demo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXLYvtG1zZ6ZRq01eGc8jlsn70v... During the pandemic, we found ourselves spending more and more of our lives on digital content. Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, even HN were always right there, and the impulse to open and consume became stronger than ever. We realized how much of our technology use was compulsive rather than intentional. Willpower alone was not enough to solve the problem. Most of these products have been designed to activate dopamine feedback loops and, to be blunt, keep users hooked [1]. Not wanting to be addicted, we star
Why it failed
Hey HN, we're Royce and Oliver, the founders of Clearspace ( https://www.getclearspace.com ). We make an iPhone app that helps you reduce compulsive phone use. It regulates your social media experiences and app usage, saving you from impulse opens and mindless scro
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- anteloper
- Ended
- 2023
- Source
- hackernews