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by surprisetalk·3y ago·view on hn ↗
Don't waste willpower on this.

I've lost years of my life to YouTube. I recommend finding somebody that you trust and having them set a parental-control password on your devices.

I use apple devices so it's pretty straightforward. My wife set up a 20-minute screen time limit on YouTube.com in safari, as well as Chrome and Firefox and the YouTube app.

My only current workaround is to use mpv/youtube-dl, which is fine in a pinch. It's enough friction to keep me out of the YouTube pits!

[1] https://taylor.town/parental-self-controls