This 2004 phone had a screen that was a mirror when it was off and a rotary dial in lieu of touchpad or keypad.

It only worked on the now defunct 2G network.

It wasn’t made to hook us and mess with us, but since, uh, mistakes were made, that’s what ended up happening.

Our best hope is to iterate, to notice these behaviors and try to fix them with better design. Designing for convenience has backfired and created addiction. But so has designing with deliberate hoops and obstacles.