{"package_name":"com.defang.launcher","name":"Defang","summary":"Launcher that puts speed bumps between you and the apps engineered against you","category":"Launcher","icon_url":"/api/icon/com.defang.launcher","latest_version_code":20,"latest_version_name":"0.1.19","apk_url":"/api/apk/com.defang.launcher","apk_size":2386798,"apk_sha256":"862879fd347b144801859ba98190a4008736775192b5498d44f5ef1a2d988206","source_kind":"fdroid-repo","repo_slug":"fdroid-main","last_updated":1790132417,"release_timestamp":1790107369,"description":"Defang is an Android launcher with an anti-dark-pattern friction layer. It is a speed bump, not a wall: you can still open Instagram, you can still override the timer. Nothing here is impossible to bypass — that is deliberate. A wall breeds circumvention; a speed bump breeds pause.\n\nWhat it does:\n\n• Intent gate — tapping a watched app shows a full-screen pause with a countdown before \"Open anyway\" activates. Declare what you came for, or go back.\n• Session timer — a small overlay counts down your own preset limit. At zero, the end card appears. Extending costs friction: a 30-second wait, a written reason, and it works once per day. No \"15 more minutes\" button to tap into oblivion.\n• Cool-down — after a session ends, reopening is locked for a period you chose in advance.\n• Per-app grayscale — watched apps render colorless while your camera, maps, and photos keep their colors.\n• Notification batching — pings from watched apps arrive as a muted summary at times you pick, not when an engagement model predicts you're vulnerable. Real contacts always come through.\n• Awareness tidbits — short, specific, sourced facts about the machinery: variable reward schedules, notification timing optimization, what the algorithm selects for. They did this to you; the least you can do is know how.\n• Offline prompts — when a session ends, a small physical suggestion. \"Tidy the coffee table\" is not a joke; it's a completable task with honest dopamine.\n• Usage report — weekly time per app, per day, and how often \"just checking a DM\" became a 20-minute scroll. Evidence, not guilt.\n\nUtility apps — camera, calculator, phone, maps — open instantly, always. The launcher never gets in the way of your life; it gets in the way of the loop.\n\nNo telemetry. All data stays on the device. English and Norwegian.\n\nRequires the accessibility service (foreground app detection), notification access (batching), and display-over-apps permission (overlays). Per-app grayscale needs a one-time adb grant of WRITE","categories":["Launcher"]}