FWIW I was there few years ago then, as mentioned in a recent comment, moved away from iPhone to deGoogle Android (relying on /e/OS) then GrapeheneOS using nearly exclusively open-source software on it with nearly no dark patterns. It's far from perfect I feel a lot saner now. I don't necessarily advocate for smartphones but I still want to point out some smartphone tailored to your own usage can be less intrusive and surveil radically less, if at all.
replySome time ago I realized it was actually helpful to set up multiple workstations so the place I go to write code isn't the same as the place I go to browse hn and watch youtube.
replyYes, as an computer addictive (like me), this is also a great strategy. In my basement I set up a computer just for music production, nothing else. Right besides the modern production computer is my Atari ST I do sequencing with. This thing even doesn't have a network connection (although it would be possible).
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