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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)

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Post by Poacher5 »

What does this have that Youtube Vanced/Revanced doesn't already do for the cost of about half an hour of your time messing with sideloading and getting a clean youtube APK file? I already block all shorts through that. It's not perfect, but you admit you're playing whack-a-mole with the filtering just the same as the Revanced devs.

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

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Post by e12e »

Not sure what this app does for Facebook - but I'm a quite happy user of:

https://www.beeper.com/

Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app - as well as (Facebook/meta) Messenger (and others).

I do wish they had a "support us" subscription tier, as I think the base price is a little steep - and I don't really need any of the paid features. Maybe something around the third or quarter the price.

I would hope that would lead to more users subscribing.

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

#73

Post by SoKamil »

mind_heist wrote: post #7
SoKamil wrote: post #2

This could have been Safari Extension

Instagram is not predominantly used on Safari, so Safari doesn't sound like the best place to implement something like this.

But this is a web wrapper, same experience but in a container with no further customization allowed

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

#75

Post by williamdclt »

tim-projects wrote: post #44

> I kept deleting and redownloading Instagram because I couldn't stop watching Reels but needed the app for DMs. Using Instagram only for DMs just means you shouldn't be using it.

I don't make the choice of how individuals in my social circle uses to communicate. Giving up being in contact with some of my friends/acquaintances is too bad a trade-off.

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

#76

Post by halapro »

e12e wrote: post #72

Not sure what this app does for Facebook - but I'm a quite happy user of: https://www.beeper.com/ Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app - as well as (Facebook/meta) Messenger (and others). I do wish they had a "support us" subscription tier, as I think the base price is a little steep - and I don't really need any of the paid features. Maybe something around the third or quarter the price. I would hope…

Beeper is a good solution. To bad I still have Instagram next to it and prefer it because my friends send me reels anyway

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

#77

Post by halapro »

Poacher5 wrote: post #71

What does this have that Youtube Vanced/Revanced doesn't already do for the cost of about half an hour of your time messing with sideloading and getting a clean youtube APK file? I already block all shorts through that. It's not perfect, but you admit you're playing whack-a-mole with the filtering just the same as the Revanced devs.

Instagram and Facebook support for once

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

#78

Post by hellweaver666 »

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.

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

#79

Post by rglullis »

danpalmer wrote: post #4

Doing this as a browser extension is one thing, but selling an interface to Instagram and YouTube sounds like it's very risky. What's your basis for thinking this will work long term? I see you're selling yearly or lifetime subscriptions, suggesting you think the product can exist. There have been many attempts at this in the past that have been taken down, why is Dull different?

> What's your basis for thinking this will work long term?

Even if this approach doesn't work long term, the important thing is to establish product-market fit, and to get enough people committed to the idea that your product is their gateway out of the closed platforms.

I can think of at least three different ways to set up a system that can go around the API restrictions and re-serve the data to a different client that the user can control. But if I go and implement any of those, someone will try it and give up on my product until that approach gets shut down.

By selling lifetime subscriptions, the users get invested in the success of the product as well and they will be more willing to fight the restrictions that the companies impose with you.

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

#80

Post by hapticmonkey »

bryanhogan wrote: post #3

Sounds like a good project, I also hate that Instagram pushes algorithm-driven content into your face everywhere without any options to turn it off, it's good to fight against these toxic dark design patterns. Can also recommend using Instagram with the IGPlus web extension. Or for a native Android version there's also DFinstagram. For YouTube there are many web extensions as well. On Android the YouTube ReVanced pat…

I uninstalled the app and use a bookmark to https://www.instagram.com/?variant=following

It’s an ad-free chronological feed of posts only from accounts I follow.

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