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As someone who's pretty pathetically addicted to the internet at times, having Freedom on my laptop and phone has been a huge plus. I'm sure I could work aroun

As someone who's pretty pathetically addicted to the internet at times, having Freedom on my laptop and phone has been a huge plus. I'm sure I could work around it very easily (I know I can on the laptop) but the shame factor involved is enough to stop me generally and I'm surprised there isn't a huge market for this kind of thing. Been gradually limiting my usage of certain sites down to tiny windows of the day and it's left me with so much more time. Along with that, it's largely removed those sites from my reflex routine of checking for updates... several of them I've just dropped entirely. Used a few free ones beforehand and the risk of it messing up my hosts file or w/e was always too high to actively recommend to anyone.

froindt 8y ago
> Along with that, it's largely removed those sites from my reflex routine of checking for updates... several of them I've just dropped entirely. Removing the Facebook app from my phone and logging out when I was done with a session on the computer was a great improvement in my life. Even the barrier of typing the password in was enough for me to avoid mindlessly browsing through stuff whenever I finished a small task. It's been about 6 years since I took these steps, and I don't regret them. Since the Cambridge Analytica stuff came out, I've been dabbling with dropping FB entirely, but there are some people who I like receiving updates from, but they are only on FB.