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If you fail, you owe money to the cause you hate most. So every screen-time bug in my app is a billing bug

Go one minute over your Instagram limit and you owe $15 to the NRA. Or to Everytown. Or to whichever organisation makes your skin crawl. You picked it yourself when you set the goal. That's Punish, an Android app I built alone. You set a goal ("Instagram under 30 minutes a day"), put money on it, and choose the organisation you'd hate to fund. Go over and you owe them. You pay it yourself through…

If you exceed your set screen time limit on Punish, the app you created, you are required to pay money to an organization you dislike. The app allows you to set a daily limit for screen time on a specific app, such as Instagram, and choose an organization to donate to if you fail to meet the goal. The app tracks your screen time accurately, ensuring you are billed correctly for the time you spend on the app.

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