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This is the only sane approach. I have reduced my smartphone to a dumb-phone just by removing the apps that suck my attention. But the worst is youtube. You can
by adamwong246 2y ago
This is the only sane approach. I have reduced my smartphone to a dumb-phone just by removing the apps that suck my attention. But the worst is youtube. You can live without social media but YT has become such a cornerstone that you cannot even uninstall it.
- toast0 2y agoI'm not sure I fully agree about youtube. Yes --- if you're fixing stuff, you end up having to watch youtube. But that's so bad, it's easy (for me) to continue to avoid it. Although, occasionally I do get pulled in to interesting looking videos. But when they start asking me to like and subscribe (which is often!), that's a good trigger to close the thing.
- claar 2y agoOn Android phones, you can uninstall system apps using adb: # adb shell $ pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.chrome $ pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube To reinstall: $ pm install-existing com.android.chrome $ pm install-existing com.google.android.youtube
- realfeel78 2y ago> the worst is youtube. You can live without social media but YT has become such a cornerstone that you cannot even uninstall it. Abjectly false.