How is it that much different to reading books (a healthy addiction) though?
YouTube Addiction
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Re: YouTube Addiction
#412YouTube videos will soon be generated by an AI which will know exactly what your interests are and it will keep you hooked in such a way that you will live in an alternate reality made up of a images bein projected to your eyes by a video monitor and will completely lose yourself. And one day someone will offer you a choice between a blue and red pill. Choose the red one and a new rabbit hole will start. Back to squa…
You are already in it. Joking.. or not.
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#413I used to be addicted to youtube, and the most effective method I found to limiting my consumption was using an extension called Unhook. It removes all recommendations and the shorts and trending tabs, so the only videos I can watch are those from channels I'm subscribed to, or videos that I search for.
I used to be addicted to youtube too, and when looking for a browser extension I found that just adding /etc/hosts entry (on a mac ) works well enough for me that I don't need an actual plugin. 127.0.0.1 youtube.com www.youtube.com
It's fast, and when I need to use youtube I just uncomment out the line in vim.
Re: YouTube Addiction
#414I used to be addicted to youtube, and the most effective method I found to limiting my consumption was using an extension called Unhook. It removes all recommendations and the shorts and trending tabs, so the only videos I can watch are those from channels I'm subscribed to, or videos that I search for.
I really wish there were options like this for mobile (iPhone specifically). Most of my YouTube browsing is done on mobile or chromecasted. I go through phases of deleting the app, which works really well, but then I’m not able to chromecast for the odd time I want to watch the occasional video with my partner. I’d also still like to be aware of when videos from certain creators come out, so deleting the app just cut…
My "hack" is that I only go through my subs on the iOS YT app and add the videos that look interesting to "Watch later" from the phone.
Then when I have some time to kill, I go through the "Watch later" list and use "SendToKodi" to share the video to Kodi and watch it on my OLED TV comfortably on my couch. It also skips ads, sponsors, "HiT LikE ANd SUBsCRiBE" begging, etc.
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#415I am seriously addicted to the internet in general and while it may not be an addiction in the physical sense, it has caused major issues in my life. The amount of time I spend on the Internet is insane and no matter how hard I try to will power through it and cut down my usage I always fail. If I ever figure out how to overcome it I'll have to write a book or something, because I've wasted years of my life and misse…
You are not weak, you're battling against groups of some of the smartest people in the world who spend their days doing nothing other than figuring out ways to manipulate you to steal and keep your attention, in order to maximise their engagement metrics/ad dollars. It's an incredibly difficult and unfair fight.
I'd recommend Stolen Focus by Johann Hari, I've found it personally really helpful.
Re: YouTube Addiction
#416I used to be addicted to youtube, and the most effective method I found to limiting my consumption was using an extension called Unhook. It removes all recommendations and the shorts and trending tabs, so the only videos I can watch are those from channels I'm subscribed to, or videos that I search for.
I used to be addicted to youtube too, and when looking for a browser extension I found that just adding /etc/hosts entry (on a mac ) works well enough for me that I don't need an actual plugin. 127.0.0.1 youtube.com www.youtube.com It's fast, and when I need to use youtube I just uncomment out the line in vim.
Hey, I am curious to know what happened to your life after you quit tech.
Seen your comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28218076
Feel free to DM/PM me :)
Re: YouTube Addiction
#417Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use Cold Turkey Blocker between 9AM and 5PM. My wife's got the password should I need to unlock it. It's a partial solution, but if you have a few sites that are habitual (I can type "cmd+t ol enter" in my sleep) it can help break the habit. Locking the phone and laptop in the car for the weekend used to work quite well for me, but my living situation is different now.
What's the "ol" site? old.reddit.com? That's what came up for me.
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