Brick phone-free cube
Hacker ApprovedPhone-blocking device in Productivity & writing
People say it cuts phone and social media use, and it is not a subscription. Critics have said it can be bypassed, so it is less strict than some alternatives.
People say it cuts phone and social media use, and it is not a subscription. Critics have said it can be bypassed, so it is less strict than some alternatives.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cuts phone and social media use
“I can’t recommend it enough for cutting back on social media.”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “It's getting harder to focus every day” “I've been using getbrick.com with amazing results.”
Comment from 19 Sep 2026 in “Minimal Phone 2” “The Brick has been helping me with phone overuse.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “The Age of Reading Is Over” - Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “I made my phone slow on purpose”
- Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era”
What people said
14 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Definitely a game changer, maybe even more than Brick”
“I've been using getbrick.com with amazing results.”
“same principle but on the phone.”
“It cut back usage like 99%.”
“I can’t recommend it enough for cutting back on social media.”
“Brick is a cheap & smart spatial router that plugged into claude code redirects the query to the best model in your pool.”
“so that savings are improved even if switching models transfers context from one kv cache to another”
“very cool, probably gonna get one”
“The Brick has been helping me with phone overuse.”
“I think it's better than Brick because it can't be bypassed.”
“With his insight I came up with my own system around apps and the computer that I still use today.”
“One of the things that helped me is Brick”
“Their product is great, not a subscription, and even though there are competitors”
“this works surprisingly well, because most of the time I'm just too lazy to take this action”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.