“drive engagement and taking advantage of psychology that makes people want to scroll while they are driving”. If your mental state is that bad, that weak, you should not drive. You should seriously seek help. If you need timer apps to curb your appetite, you need to go back to a flip phone and a laptop. You already know this. Safety first, goddamn.
Last year I almost got hit in a front end collision by a car drifting in my lane, because this idiot was texting with both hands, driving with his elbows while accelerating and of course not paying attention. I avoided him barely and really just because I was super attentive.
It was close enough that I think about it almost every single time I’m down that road. I see horrifying stuff when driving. People watching videos while making a fucking turn (aka when driving needs 100% of your attention). I’ve seen someone in the left lane down a hill stop at the green light because they felt that they should text back now (I thought the car had broken down rather suddenly, it had not). People are absolutely insane on the roads with their phones in L.A.
At this point laws should be voted, companies should be sued and folks should go to therapy.