The word "minimalism" has been doing heavy lifting in tech media. Half of it is just people showing you their clean desktop, which is fine. The other half is guilt dressed as a lifestyle.
The real problem is not your phone
It is the infrastructure of interruption: infinite feeds, badge counts, and apps engineered to make leaving feel like losing. Deleting apps is treating the symptom.
- Turn off every notification that is not a human or a calendar
- Move feeds off your home screen — out of sight is out of dopamine
- Use one device for one job, not every device for every job
- Block the feed, keep the tool: RSS over algorithm, always
The tools that respect you
The good news: a generation of builders is shipping tools that default to your attention — read-later apps with no streaks, feeds with no infinite scroll, and keyboards with no autocorrect drama.
You do not need to quit your phone. You need to quit being its product.
— Luca Moretti
Keep the tech you love. Delete the stuff that uses you. That is the whole program.
Bottom line
Keep the tech you love. Delete the stuff that uses you. That is the whole program.
What we still don't know
This is a fast-moving story. We update the post as new facts land — and we'll flag it when we do.
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