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Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

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Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#101

Post by kasparnoor »

SoKamil wrote: post #2

This could have been Safari Extension

A Safari extension could handle some of it, but Dull also does usage tracking, time limits, quiet hours, and grayscale mode which all need to live at the app level. The filtering itself could be an extension, but the broader goal is reducing how much time you spend there, not just hiding elements. For example we added a feature in today's update that let's you choose what is the intention of opening app. Like if intention is to open DMs then you open just to DMs. Another way of reducing distractions.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#102

Post by kasparnoor »

duskdozer wrote: post #93
latexr wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a rotten state of affairs that we’re now openly suggesting producing garbage with the least effort possible and selling it until caught. We used to criticise those who did that, calling them spammers and scammers and worse. Now, “telling some LLM to take a dump and trying to sell it to some chumps without a sense of smell” is viewed as a smart business model. Anything for an extra buck.

Maybe I'm misreading but the parent doesn't seem to be suggesting it as good but asking sarcastically. And yeah, the site has all the LLM-hallmarks. Anything that's a service and has a single-payment "lifetime subscription" is immediately suspect.

Lifetime payment was highly requested by users (including existing users), since they have subscription fatigue. Since I use the app myself every day to reduce screentime myself I'm extremely motivated to fix every bug and make the UX as seamless as possible.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#103

Post by kasparnoor »

01284a7e wrote: post #30
wormpilled wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If anyone pays for this they deserve to be scammed.

I don't think it's a scam at all. Will it be around in a week? Probably not. But it's not a scam.

1) it's already been live for about a month, so definetly not a week long project 2) I use the app myself every day to reduce screentime so I'm highly motivated to keep the app up to date. When the platforms change DOM elements, or try to distrupt Dull from working I am also disrupted, so I work quickly to fix all bugs 3) There is a 7 day free trial for anyone to test out if it's a "scam". It's not.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#104

Post by kasparnoor »

blef wrote: post #82

I really like the YouTube app to be honest and I really dislike the web version, so to me it does not work.

My biggest wish was that you could disable reels/shorts, etc on the native apps. But unless there is some regulation, it won't happen. I actually made a citizen's suggestion to EU some time ago, but that did not pan out.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#105

Post by kasparnoor »

theusus wrote: post #89

Why would I pay for a pwa with some elements blocked?

There's also time limits, challenges before opening apps to create fiction, quiet hours so u don't scroll at night, usage tracking, opening with intention so it asks what u wanna do in the app, and then let's u for example only stay in DM's tab.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#107

Post by kasparnoor »

duskdozer wrote: post #95
nslsm wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How?

Detect usage patterns of normal users vs these, and then block access. Ultimately comes down to the companies' ability to throw however many devs at thwarting this one as makes sense for them. Just as an example I remember, Facebook sponsored posts would be labeled, but if you dug into the HTML, what you'd get was random permutations or junk added to the label, like SSpoSnoSsorReD or something, and they'd use complic…

There is a reason why Meta does not block ad blockers. It's costlier for them to lose users, even if they don't earn ad revenue off them.

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#108

Post by kasparnoor »

hellweaver666 wrote: post #78

Just installed... this is super interesting. Shorts are my kryptonite and I've been looking for something that gives me YouTube without the crap for a while now! BTW... just so you know, you have to uninstall the official app otherwise YouTube just redirects you.

Thank you! I am shipping the YouTube redirect issue in the next update. Currently you can circumvent it by going back to dull and trying again after being redirected, but it's super annoying and I will fix!

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#109

Post by kasparnoor »

tombert wrote: post #28

Does anyone know if the "Show Fewer Shorts" thing on YouTube actually does anything? I choose that every time it gives me shorts and as far as I can tell the frequency isn't being decreased at all.

I haven't even seen this option? Where is it

Re: Show HN: Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)

#110

Post by trinix912 »

walletdrainer wrote: post #92
trinix912 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given how broad the CFAA is, Instagram/YouTube could just try framing it as accessing their systems without proper permission, as the ToS disallow such usage.

This is disinformation. IG/Youtube will not even consider doing that. The wording is telling: > Instagram/YouTube could just try … Yes, of course they can try anything . That statement is pretty much always going to be true regardless of what you replace the … with.

How can you be sure that they “will not even consider” doing that? (That’s a disinformation from your side!)

If this app were to gain traction and start to be seen as a real problem by IG/YT, they would have all legal grounds to act. They can totally sue the app creator and they would very likely win the case under the CFAA.

How exactly is this disinformation?

It is speculative, but calling it disinformation is dishonest, especially since you then presented your completely unargumented claim that they somehow won’t even consider it. It is totally in the realm of possibilities and hence IMO something to keep in mind when considering selling this sort of app/service.

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