{
  "id": 12364049,
  "title": "If you fail, you owe money to the cause you hate most. So every screen-time bug in my app is a billing bug",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/if-you-fail-you-owe-money-to-the-cause-you-hate-most-so-every-screen",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:21:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/itai_hoffman_f850e88eac45/if-you-fail-you-owe-money-to-the-cause-you-hate-most-so-every-screen-time-bug-in-my-app-is-a-2ne7"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Punish app tracks screen time and charges for exceeding limits",
    "Users set daily screen time limit for specific apps",
    "Donations made to disliked organization if screen time goal missed"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}