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> The addiction isnt to the smartphone, but to social media applications. I wish this was true. Even for me a grown up, professional, responsible person, I hav
by barbazoo 3y ago
> The addiction isnt to the smartphone, but to social media applications.
I wish this was true. Even for me a grown up, professional, responsible person, I have a hard time not wasting time on the internet altogether on my phone. It takes a lot for me not to fall back into the habit of mindlessly readying news pages, subreddits, yes, HN, etc. I would have to uninstall the browser which at some point I might try but how would you even do that on an off the shelf Android?!
Point being, I used to think having to fall back to a browser is the solution to breaking the habit, but for many of us it's not.
- nate_meurer 3y agoMe too. The news addiction and doom scrolling sometimes consumed entire fucking weeks. I completely fixed it with LeechBlock on my PCs and AdGuard on my phone. Both pull blacklists from a big list of forbidden websites that I maintain on PasteBin. Here's my version for Adguard: https://pastebin.com/raw/HRhewh9x https://pastebin.com/raw/HRhewh9x I let myself use LeechBlock's override for five minutes at a time, but if I find myself using it too much I start to feel dirty and I'll lock down the block set for a few days. Sort of a detox that I can invoke instantly and impulsively, and that might be the most important thing that keeps me on track. I never turn off AdGuard on my phone because it also provides the ad blocking, without which I find the Internet completely unusable.