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somewhat unrelated, but i really wish platforms like youtube and instagram had the ability to "opt-out" of certain features. i find that the short form content in youtube shorts / instagram reels can be really easy to waste a few minutes on.

if anyone knows any solutions (ex. browser extensions) that solve this, id be really interested



For YouTube there is the Chrome/Firefox extension Unhook which allows you to hide certain parts of the UI


Extensions are necessary if you want to use any social media app these days, for YT there's UnTrap for YouTube.

I don't use Xitter anymore, but when I did, Control Panel for Twitter was my go to.

It's insane how better (and boring/less addictive) social media becomes by simple enhancements.


For Android/iOS I've used ScreenZen, which is wonderfully configurable.




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