Things
that helped me to waste less time on youtube
The things that helped me:
- Disabling infinite scrolling (somehow, i think i use ublock
for this, but i forgot how i did it)
- Using a script that blocks YouTube every odd day (i do that by
modifying
/etc/hosts)
- Using an uBlock filter to block out bad elements of YouTube
(Goal with this is to disable any part of the site that links you
to another video, after one has ended, only the home page should
link you to videos)
- Doing 10 pushups for every video (may not work for some)
I don’t think there is value in outright blocking YouTube, as
some really cool stuff is there.
There is value in reducing the time you spend on youtube, so you
focus on the cool stuff.
Speeding up videos could also work, but you will most likely
spend less time thinking.
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