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Has anyone else noticed smartphones have got significantly more addictive recently (lemm.ee)

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I've noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now

Even people or older generations seem to be getting sucked in nowadays

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[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 91 points 11 months ago

I block shorts on youtube, I don't care for short form content. Give me those hour long analysis type videos. Without shorts youtube still does a rather poor job at recommending new stuff.

That being said, shorts are being more addictive by nature since the barrier of entry to watch 'one more' is so low. If you engage with them on any app, you will waste more time on your phone.

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

How do you disable shorts?

[-] svamp@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Youtube reVanced has that option.

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Not on iOS I guess

[-] Johandea@feddit.nu 3 points 11 months ago

Well, there's your first problem

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

I can’t be arsed with wasting time to try to degoogle an android phone and keep my banking applications working.

Apple is good enough for me :)

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

I don’t touch google products or services, and fully agree.

Plus, iOS is fucking stellar. Every phone I’ve had from them is blazing fast after YEARS of NEVER REFORMATTING

(Posting from my XS Max that I’ve never reformatted lawl)

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I too noticed android phones usually go to shit after a few years. Even formatting doesn’t fix them entirely, and I never play games on mobile

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Saaame. I loved my android phones before I switched over, but it’s soooo nice to have a phone that works smoothly for so long without fucking about with custom ROMs.

But maaaan this site fucking hates Apple hahaha

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