Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Apple’s boss, Tim Cook, reminds parents about the time to use cellphones for children. Given the many children who are now addicted gadget That.
In an interview, a magazine reporter GQ explains to Cook if his son is obsessed with smartphone. Responding to this, he said that children are born in the digital era, but it is important to put up a guardrail for children.
“We don’t want people to use our phones too much,” Cook said, quoted from NY PostWednesday (5/4/2023).
He added, “We’re not incentivized for that. We don’t want it. We’re providing tools for people not to do it”.
The application of the guardrail has been implemented by Apple by offering the Screen Time application. The service tracks cell phone usage and parents can set device user limits, downloadand content for their children.
According to Cook, his company is trying to get tools to help users not rely on cell phones. According to him, looking at the cellphone screen for too long is also a mistake.
“Because my philosophy is that if you look at your phone more than you look someone in the eye, you’re doing something wrong,” explains Cook.
Cook also said he kept seeing reports of how often he stared at the screen of his own device.
Although a leader of a technology giant and manufacturer of a well-known smartphone brand, Cook often complains about using the phone. For example in 2020, he admitted to reducing his app notifications after screen time his cell phone registers very high.
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