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So I was forced to sign up with a quit website through checks notes New South Wales, Australia.

Seriously, how hard is it to have a simple website that can track quitting something? Not everything has to be a stupid app on your dumb phone that spies on you.

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[-] WoodScientist@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

Do you even need an app for that? Why give a company access to such private info? Just use a pen and paper.

[-] isame@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

From my own experience, number go up helps. One of the times I tried to quit drinking (six months no alcohol! As of May 1st!) I used an app. I didn't like that it phoned home and had ads, so I wrote my own. It was exceedingly simple, had a hard coded start time, and was a little ugly. But number went up and it helped keep me in line.

[-] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

My ass would lose it or forget tbh

[-] faktotum@leminal.space 1 points 4 weeks ago

Add a daily task to your calendar and mark it as done before you go to bed.

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