SCROLL TAX
Dept. of Self-Discipline
Form ST-2026
Notice of Voluntary Assessment
Past Due
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days your phone will steal
from you this year. At the US average of 4 hours a day. Is yours better or worse?

ScrollTax puts real money on it. Set your daily limit, stake $10–$25/week. Stay under — keep every cent. Go over — pay the tax.

✓ Filed. You're on the list.

No payment now. First 500 founding members get ScrollTax free, forever.

SEC. 1

Your personal audit — how bad is it?

hrs/day
0 full days of your year,
gone to the feed

Each crossed-out box is a full 24-hour day of your life — next year — spent entirely on your phone.

Ready to do something about it?

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SEC. 2

How the tax works

1

Declare your limit

Pick your daily screen time ceiling. 2 hours? 3? Most people set 2–3h. The average American does 4. You set the law.

2

Put money on it

Stake $10–$25/week — enough to sting, not enough to panic. This is your own money on the line. That's the entire point.

3

We audit. Automatically.

You submit your daily Screen Time report, or connect our app directly. No workarounds — disabling tracking or failing to report counts the same as going over your limit. The system is designed so the only way to win is to actually scroll less.

4

Settle up

Under your limit: your money comes back in full, with a clean record. Over it: you pay the ScrollTax.

SEC. 3

Why money works

Every screen time app gives you the same thing: a sad little chart and a notification you swipe away.

Charts don't change behavior.
Losing $20 does.

Behavioral economists call it loss aversion — losing money hurts about twice as much as gaining it feels good. ScrollTax weaponizes that math against your worst habit.

You've tried grayscale mode. You've tried deleting the app (you reinstalled it Tuesday). You've tried "being more mindful."

Try having skin in the game.

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No payment now. First 500 founding members get ScrollTax free, forever.

SEC. 4

Founding members

First 500 members.
ScrollTax free. Forever.

We're validating demand before we build. If enough people sign up, we launch. You're not just joining a waitlist — you're deciding whether this gets made. And if it does, founding members pay nothing, ever.

500 founding slots. First come, first served. No exceptions once we hit capacity.

↑ Claim your founding spot
SEC. 5

Frequently audited questions

Most of it goes to a charity you choose, or into a pot you can win back with a clean streak. We keep a small commission to keep the lights on. You'll choose your mode at signup.
Disabling Screen Time, revoking app permissions, or failing to submit your daily report all count as violations — same penalty as going over your limit. The system is designed so that cheating costs more than losing honestly. The only way to win is to actually scroll less.
No. There's no chance involved — only your own behavior. It's a commitment contract: you're not betting against another person or random odds. You're betting against yourself. The outcome is entirely in your hands. The same science powers apps used by hundreds of thousands of people to quit smoking and hit the gym.
Both, eventually. Early access will roll out to one platform first — waitlist members vote on which.
Enough to sting. $10–$25/week is the sweet spot for most people — real enough to change behavior, not so much it becomes a source of anxiety. You can adjust before a new week starts, never mid-week.
When the waitlist justifies building it — that's the honest answer. We're not spending months coding something nobody wants. If you're reading this, you're part of that decision. Sign up and help us pull the trigger.

Still have questions? Join the waitlist first — we'll answer everything before launch.

Your feed can wait.
Your life can't.

It's free to join. It costs nothing until we build it.
The only thing you lose by not signing up is 30 seconds of your time — and we think your phone already took more than that today.

✓ Filed. You're on the list.

No payment. No spam. One email when we launch.