The more I read the report, which runs about 20 pages, the more I felt a sense of unity and relief around a topic many of us – young and old, but maybe especially teens and their parents – have to deal with: the increasing amount of time we spend on our smartphones, often doing the digital equivalent of gorging on junk food. But there is no doubt we can pick healthy food or junk food, and indulge in too much of it. Unlike tobacco, we need food to survive, so we can’t cut it out altogether. I often think about social media less like tobacco and more like junk food. The report highlights that we don’t really have evidence of safety around these technologies but acknowledges that there is tremendous utility and need for them, as well. Would smartphones and social media be given that same level of dire warning? After all, we are used to hearing the surgeon general sound warnings about cigarettes and opioids. Vivek Murthy came out with his advisory about social media and the mental health of this country’s youth a couple of weeks ago, I was interested to see what the approach would be. The truth is, we weren’t ever sure we had done the best job we could. Even though our kids are just a few years apart in age, we found that our tolerance of social media had already shifted between our oldest and our youngest, as the technology was changing so quickly. My wife and I would often have long conversations late into the night discussing what we thought was the best approach. There has been almost no precedent for this, as our girls were born just as these new technologies were taking hold. The co-founder and CEO of Cooler Screens, Arsen Avakian, said to CNN Business, “When there’s a new technology, right, consumers are always suspicious, so I expect that.”Īvakian then added, “It’s very important for a new company like ours to always educate the consumers about what it really does and what it doesn’t do.As a father of three teenage girls, one of my biggest parenting challenges has been navigating smartphones and social media. Annoying confusing I don't want advertisement in my face constantly The stupid cooler screens make me not want to shop there anymore. Elwood Blues December 31, NOBODY needs TV screen replacing doors in your cooler aisles…. The digital cooler screens at Walgreens made me watch an ad before it allowed me to know which door held the frozen pizzas Some people just don’t like the digital aspect and advertising of the digital doors, while others are sharing their frustrations that the doors deceive people into thinking the products are fully stocked when, in reality, they might be fully sold out instead.Ĭheck out some of the upset tweets by people: Apparently, these digital door screens allow advertisers to promote their products to consumers, as well as allow people to view product information like sales and nutrition without needing to open the door and read the product’s label.Ĭheck out how they’re meant to function down below: Many customers have been left wondering why Walgreens would switch out perfectly fine glass doors for these digital screen doors, but it turns out that there is a benefit to them. These are supposed to function accurately, unfortunately, sometimes the information displayed on the screen isn’t always correct. Rather than having glass doors that make it easy to see what items are inside, Walgreens has changed to opaque doors which are able to display what products are inside on a digital screen. Lately, Walgreens has been making an effort to revamp its physical locations – with an emphasis on its refrigerator and freezer doors. For those who frequent Walgreens, you might be noticing some changes.
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