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Are you finding it less addictive than a typical smartphone?

ahamilton454 3y ago
yes this is one of the reasons I got it. Good luck binging youtube at a refresh rate so low and only support for black and white.
- giarc 3y ago
  Looks like there is a colour e-ink option. https://hisenseeink.com/products/hisense-a7-cc-color-e-ink-smartphone-1?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=478cd0bec&pr_rec_pid=8414783799613&pr_ref_pid=8414784618813&pr_seq=uniform https://hisenseeink.com/products/hisense-a7-cc-color-e-ink-s...
  - throwuxiytayq 3y ago
    Presumably, the refresh rate for it is even worse.
    - r2_pilot 3y ago
      According to the product page, the refresh rate is equally as fast as the b&w refresh.
      - jsheard 3y ago
        Resolution is the big compromise with color e-ink, the effective pixel density is cut in half when the color layer is enabled. With the current best panels you get 300dpi in mono mode but only 150dpi in color mode, and fidelity of the mono mode is compromised compared to a mono-only panel with the same resolution. The color rendition still isn't great either.
  - ahamilton454 3y ago
    This is the A7 which is an older version. I would make sure it still has 4G support otherwise no carriers will support it in the US
- atonse 3y ago
  I accidentally stumbled upon a feature in YouTube that's killed my binging altogether. Turn YouTube Watch History off (Google Account > Data & Privacy > YouTube History). I mostly did it cuz I didn't want Google to have a history of all my YouTube videos, but the accidental effect is that when I go to youtube, I literally have a blank screen (no suggested videos) and instead it just says "turn search history back on" This means that I have to actually search for a particular topic to start watching about it, and most times when I'd be consuming more, I don't have the mental capacity to pick a topic I care about. The one hitch is that if you subscribe to channels, you'll still see all those videos, but those update very infrequently and you don't see a bunch of nonsense you don't have to watch.
  - ahamilton454 3y ago
    I have done that and it is very nice. I also use this chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...
  - carom 3y ago
    That is the Youtube start page I want but I use history regularly to find videos between devices.
maxglute 3y ago
Going eink helped me cut back video content. But I ended up listening to more podcast at faster speeds and since i have youtube premium, backgorund listening. It's... better, since I treat it as background noise and ears don't get fatigued / strained like eyes do.

yes this is one of the reasons I got it. Good luck binging youtube at a refresh rate so low and only support for black and white.

giarc 3y ago
Looks like there is a colour e-ink option. https://hisenseeink.com/products/hisense-a7-cc-color-e-ink-smartphone-1?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=478cd0bec&pr_rec_pid=8414783799613&pr_ref_pid=8414784618813&pr_seq=uniform https://hisenseeink.com/products/hisense-a7-cc-color-e-ink-s...
- throwuxiytayq 3y ago
  Presumably, the refresh rate for it is even worse.
  - r2_pilot 3y ago
    According to the product page, the refresh rate is equally as fast as the b&w refresh.
    - jsheard 3y ago
      Resolution is the big compromise with color e-ink, the effective pixel density is cut in half when the color layer is enabled. With the current best panels you get 300dpi in mono mode but only 150dpi in color mode, and fidelity of the mono mode is compromised compared to a mono-only panel with the same resolution. The color rendition still isn't great either.
- ahamilton454 3y ago
  This is the A7 which is an older version. I would make sure it still has 4G support otherwise no carriers will support it in the US
atonse 3y ago
I accidentally stumbled upon a feature in YouTube that's killed my binging altogether. Turn YouTube Watch History off (Google Account > Data & Privacy > YouTube History). I mostly did it cuz I didn't want Google to have a history of all my YouTube videos, but the accidental effect is that when I go to youtube, I literally have a blank screen (no suggested videos) and instead it just says "turn search history back on" This means that I have to actually search for a particular topic to start watching about it, and most times when I'd be consuming more, I don't have the mental capacity to pick a topic I care about. The one hitch is that if you subscribe to channels, you'll still see all those videos, but those update very infrequently and you don't see a bunch of nonsense you don't have to watch.
- ahamilton454 3y ago
  I have done that and it is very nice. I also use this chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtube-rec/khncfooichmfjbepaaaebmommgaepoid https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unhook-remove-youtu...
- carom 3y ago
  That is the Youtube start page I want but I use history regularly to find videos between devices.

maxglute 3y ago

Going eink helped me cut back video content. But I ended up listening to more podcast at faster speeds and since i have youtube premium, backgorund listening. It's... better, since I treat it as background noise and ears don't get fatigued / strained like eyes do.