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how to stop watching youtube AS MUCH (lemdro.id)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/screen_addiction@piefed.social
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i love youtube, it has great videos and creators. BUT i lose like my entire day from that shit, and im tired of it.

on my latest holiday with my family i watched like minimum 7 hours a day on my phone (in my defence there was alot of time when we just drove? our boat). So i looked a little and found an app called detoxdroid (which is available on f-droid btw) and i blocked the apps that took all of my time and it works great

but the problem is that i dont really use my phone when im at home, cause i have a tv and a pc, so my screentime skyrockets. i dont even want to know how much it is. Im using smarttube on my tv and the browser on my pc, although im not watching youtube on my pc that much since i got the tv. Now i dont want to quit entirely since youtube is awesome, and since im a creator myself i get some fomo i guess

pls help 🥀

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

I've found podcasts to be a good stepping stone. Lots of YouTubers have podcasts, too, so you don't have to find entirely new creators. And it's still a form of entertainment, but without tying your eyes to a screen.

So, you can do other stuff while listening to podcasts, like going on a walk / bike ride, cleaning your place, chopping veggies before cooking, doing the dishes, gardening, drawing etc..

On F-Droid, you can get AntennaPod for listening to podcasts.

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