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How to spend less rule on YouTube?? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Does anybody know how to waste less time on YouTube lol

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[-] xuxxun@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

Uninstall youtube. Use newpipe. It gives you a chronological feed and only of the people you subscribe to. You can also create lists of channels. No more random youtube poop reccomebdations that steal your time from you. Next step, switch to only watching stuuf that is on peertube. I am not there yet though.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 days ago

What if I specifically go out of my way for YouTube Poops?

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[-] clubb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I had the same problem 2 weeks ago. I uninstalled it. Fixed it. If you don't want to uninstall, set a timer for 0 minutes a day, if you have that feature.

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Timers a fantastic idea that I also use when I need to get some work done but otherwise deleting the app completely is impossible, how else am I going to watch easy German or MIT lecture videos?

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can get a screen time app that tracks and can limit the amount of time spent on specific apps

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

The screenshot is from that app honey

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

So turn on your limiter if you want to spend less time

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Ahhh I wanted to make a joke about my calculator usage!!! I use YouTube for lessons!!

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ah, thats actually a realistic number for me as i use my calculator for work, finances, and some games too.

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Uuu which games require a calculator?

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Real time strategy and stuff. If i get a 15% bonus to a resource, sometimes i wanna know how much per turn that bonus is worth. Or in games like rimworld I'll do things like meals X #ofcolonists X number of days storage X 2meals per day. You could also do the same in RPGs while trying to decide what gear/perks gives you the best stats.

[-] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

If you need a calculator for rimworld you may be far too gone but respect the grind

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Its super useful, like how many dusters can I make out of this stack of 680 textiles? Or how many farming tiles minimum should i have per colonist or animal, how much pemmican for a caravan, i can get rough idea in my head but sometimes for bills or if you're short on labor being exact is nice.