Apple Tim Cook Head explained that his company’s devices were created for conscious information. About this entrepreneur told in an interview with Bustle.
Commenting on the problem of mental diseases Cook noted that his company promotes the idea of conscious consumption of information. According to him, the Apple has previously released the “Screen Time” function, which controls the iPhone smartphone, Mac computer or iPad tablet. “We are against a meaningless scrolling,” the head of Apple said, hinting on user habits to spend time studying social networks.
“We tried to give people an accurate idea of how much time they actually spend on their own devices, because usually it is much more than they say,” explained Cook. According to Apple’s head, the purpose of gadgets is that people interact productively with their devices. “We want people to do something with their devices, for example, organized exhibitions of photographs, communicated with family and friends with FaceTime. Not an infinite senseless scrolling,” said Cook.
He summed up that technology should serve humanity, and not vice versa. “I always worried too much about people using technologies,” said the head of Apple.
Earlier, a psychologist, a writer and TV presenter Mikhail Horsa said that the first step on the way of deliverance from Internet addiction should be recognized by the presence of a problem. “If you can’t remove the social network, then do the conclusion how depends”, “he advised Russians.