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Light Phone founders: 'If this isn't addiction, I don't know what is'

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch Startups ·

Kaiwei Tang and Joe Hollier have spent over a decade promoting simplicity with the Light Phone, partnering with Andrew Yang, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Davidson. Their new flip phone arrives amid a growing wave of 'attention activists' pushing back against Big Tech. The founders argue that excessive screen time constitutes addiction, not just habit.

Meridian48 take
The Light Phone's niche appeal underscores how far we've strayed from intentional tech use, but its impact remains limited without broader systemic change.
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‘If this isn’t addiction, I don’t know what is’: Light’s founders get real about screen time →
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