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Equity · Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Industry Acknowledges Negative Side Effects of Smartphone Use

The founders of Light phone point to industry figures like Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledging the over-usage of smartphones. They believe this industry-wide recognition, along with features like screen time tracking, validates their mission to offer a less intrusive technology.

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The CEO Tim Cook was saying, you know, I'm using my phone too much.
Joe Hollier
These things are not just 100% inherently good, they're, there are side effects to using these things.
Joe Hollier
And on an industry level, you know, that really validated what we were doing.
Joe Hollier
Heard on Equity — “‘If this isn't addiction, I don't know what is’: Light Phone's founders get real about screen time and building for the anti-smartphone generation, published Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Industry Acknowledges Negative Side Effects of Smartphone Use — Heardvine