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I'm honestly liking it. When Youtube started showing ads for me I just stopped binge-watching videos on the site, and started using YouTube-dl and watching eve

by ratww 5y ago

I'm honestly liking it. When Youtube started showing ads for me I just stopped binge-watching videos on the site, and started using YouTube-dl and watching everything offline. I added those paywall sites to my hosts file block, I just don't care anymore. I already block everything from Facebook/Instagram, and I'm about to do the same with Twitter. My whole family and friend circle only really use WhatsApp/Telegram anyway, so it doesn't matter. Those things reduced my screen time a lot and I honestly find it healthy.

wisethrowaway 5y ago
Some websites go past the point of no return (for me Twitter, Reddit, I don't bother anymore) But some websites were usable and now I am frustrated (in Bloomberg, newspapers the reader mode used to work but not anymore). Medium, Towardsdatascience have nice ML articles now often behind registration wall.