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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    1 year ago

    It does unfortunately. I don't like it but it absolutely hacks my brain

    Would love if there was just an option to disable shorts in the app because I still want to use original youtube

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        1 year ago

        Temporarily being the problem there unfortunately

        I'm not the kind of person to put up with doing stuff like that repeatedly

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          1 year ago

          You either have to accept that you like watching shorts more than doing other things and watch them without worrying or change your habits. There's no magical way where you just stop doing it. I will take some effort.

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            1 year ago

            The change in habit unfortunately is just not opening YouTube on my phone, which is a shame because there are good videos that I feel good after watching but I can't resist getting drawn in by shorts.

            Typically I don't get that problem on PC or on a smart TV because they push long form content more there