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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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The problem is that most people aren't aware that shorts / stories are made to be addictive.
If you keep pointing out to your friends and family how much time / battery they waste watching them they may start to take action though.
I'm well aware how much time I'm wasting, I've got a screen time monitor setup and have even gone so far as writing my own script that takes me to youareanidiot.org if I try to open YouTube before 10am but it still didn't stop me for a good amount of time
I think I might've just about kicked it at this point but now I'm spending loads of time scrolling Lemmy and talking to strangers instead which I suppose is marginally better
I have the same problem with YouTube! Between work + school I don't have free time until 930/10, so I unwind watching documentaries on YouTube and it's 2-3am before I know it :(
I recently ordered an EReader and if books can't replace that YouTube urge I might have to go the same route as you and redirect myself after midnight.
I give myself a pass for Lemmy though. It's not sucking me in, rather I open the site specifically for news for sites that don't offer RSS feeds. (RSS helps a lot with eliminating the news -> distraction scenario)