SocialFocus: Hide Distractions

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I love this app, and it is amazing for stopping myself from going on instagram reels. However I would love a browser extension for TikTok, because I use it’s search bar to find videos on specific books I’m reading to feel inspired, but the for you page is really distracting and sometimes things can pop up on it that are really upsetting.

The difference it makes to not have the aggressive algorithms on social apps is worth ever penny I spent on the app.

Only works on safari (not chrome, and not apps) and many distracting features still remain anyway. Waste of time

I’ve been using it for a month and while it was inconsistent before, it now works PERFECTLY. Has been critical in me kicking my social media addiction and I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you for making this app, it’s had a very tangible impact on my life.

The YouTube settings suggest 'Hide Subscription' which seems not to work and this will really people who did or going to download it certainly to block the distracting contents

Great way to declutter platforms and avoid getting sucked in. Well worth the price in my opinion.

Regained my focus

Great app. I tried blocking Reddit but found that when I searched for a question on Google, my answers often lay within Reddit, which meant that I either had to search elsewhere, or turn off my content blocker, opening up the avenue of mindless consumption. This app lets me keep feeds and the addictive parts blocked, but still let me access posts that are shared with my on iMessage, or found via Google. Phone is now just as useful, but much less addictive. Yes I can quickly delete this app or disable the extension if I really wanted to, but it still gives me a pause - a buffer of sorts to evaluate whether that’s a decision I want to do or my dopamine addicted mind wants. No complaints. Thank you for making this.

The premise of this is very useful for people like myself who do not like having short, quick content videos invading everyone social media website possible, but I’ve noticed some issues, Firstly I don’t know if I missed this or something but this only works through searching said social media through a safari e.g: Search up Youtube on Safari ——> use it through there NOT the YouTube app itself. Also if I try and remove YouTube shorts from YouTube, although yes it removes it from the initial home page, you click on a video and then you scroll down to see another row of Shorts, this only happens around about 50% of the time but it’s still annoying to have to see that after I pressed block YouTube Shorts. Not happy with my purchase.