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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the sent-from-my-iphone dept.

Teenagers are averaging over 4.5 hours per day dorking around on their smartphones, not including time spent texting or talking. So over at Techdirt Glyn Moody writes about the question specifically asked to Apple about what to do about gadget addiction among youth.

In an open letter to Apple, two of its major shareholders, Jana Partners and the California State Teachers' Retirement System, have raised concerns about research that suggests young people are becoming "addicted" to high-tech devices like the iPhone and iPad, and the software that runs on them. It asks the company to take a number of measures to tackle the problem, such as carrying out more research in the area, and providing more tools and education for parents to help them deal with the issue. The letter quotes studies by Professor Jean M. Twenge, a psychologist at San Diego State University, who is also working with the shareholders in an effort to persuade Apple to do more


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:58AM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 13 2018, @02:58AM (#621656) Homepage Journal

    Child labor is great too, and I especially enjoy seeing the working kids drop dead from overwork on Christmas Day.

    Shit, that reminds me, I need to make The Roomie's kids go shovel the driveway tomorrow while I watch from inside with a nice hot cup of coffee.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:05AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:05AM (#621663)

    I grind children's bones to powder and use it to de-ice my driveway.

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:25AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:25AM (#621673)

      I grind children's bones to powder and use it to de-ice my driveway.

      Better invest in lots of roundup. Bones are mostly calcium phosphate... an excellent fertilizer ... and you are gonna get weeds everywhere.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:38AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 13 2018, @03:38AM (#621678)

        I have a paved concrete driveway. Stupid kid. Get off my lawn and get into my bone chipper.