I’ve been wanting to get rid of short form videos for a while. They are the kind of drug I can’t limit with just willpower.

I still want to stay on Instagram and Facebook because they are my only channel to people I care about. I don’t necessarily need YouTube, but I do enjoy longer videos and those haven’t been a similar problem so far.

I think these tweaks make the services a lot less addictive:
- deleted IG and YouTube apps (haven’t had FB app for ages)
- added links to their websites to replace their apps
- set up a UserScript that automatically selects IG’s ‘following’ view, that only displays people I follow, no recommended accounts
- installed Slowth app which hides IG and FB reels and YT shorts https://apps.apple.com/fi/app/slowth-block-reels/id6764140763