I confess: Even though I’m not very interested in social media, both Instagram Reels and short TikTok videos excite me. remarkable addictionI also fall into YouTube Shorts from time to time. The same thing happened to me on another news app. Damn doomscrolling is damaging my brain, though that will stop.

Thanks to an app, I alleviated the problem without major complications. Force must be applied when something does not arise: prevent consumption of short-format videos In social networks this is very simple. I’ll tell you what it is and how I configured it.

An app for lack of willpower

In essence, we are self-reliant: the first thing in the face of any problem is the will, the desire to destroy everything in order to completely replace the evil that has occurred. This is what happened to me with my cell phonemore specifically, by the algorithm that puts before my eyes a never-ending and inextricable wave of video.

Are there short videos on Google Play? no please

Whether more interesting or less, more informative or less, popular or pure entertainment, ‘doomscrolling’ takes advantage of our minds and makes us addicted. Luckily, a few days ago I read an interesting article from Android Authority where they talked about an app that would stop this fact. affects day to day.

I decided to try and Its simplicity convinced me. It doesn’t promise much, just watch the screen to see how much time we spent on this short video format. It doesn’t count WhatsApp minutes or the time we spend responding to emails. Although there are other mobile phone usage habits that need to be changed, perhaps the most harmful is the endless consumption of these clips.

Sane scrolling. Its name says it all. Because that’s all he really does, and he does it very well, I don’t want to belittle that. On its main screen, it shows a graph that shows us the remaining usage time, which can be manually adjusted to your taste. In my case half an hour is more than enough.

And I still haven’t managed to pay.. YouTube Shorts are really great for me too. Therefore, I plan to pay 2.52 Euros for a license for one device, as it is necessary to tick more than one box (since we specify which video format the application watches).

Just below the remaining time graph, a bar appears comparing the usage time to the goal we set. It also details in a clear and visual way the application you spent X minutes/hours on. When you scroll down (pardon the redundancy), boxes appear that allow us to choose Which services are measured by duration of use?. There are four options: Reels (Instagram), Spotlights (Snapchat), Shorts (YouTube) and TikTok. You can only mix them by paying.

The interface is very similar to some Google applications. Simple and intuitive

Also, I missed you reporting this. number of swipes On the screen to know more about how many short videos I swallowed. Similarly, counting “saved minutes” every day or a rewards plan wouldn’t be bad either.

I feel like a child asking his mother to let him play for 10 more minutes.

What happens when we reach the goal? A full screen will appear giving a warning, blame will do the rest (in which case we won’t be trapped again unless we remove Sane Scrolling). It is then possible to extend the time by a few more minutes or to reconfigure the target in question. The bad thing for now is the ads, especially full-width ads: They will disappear as soon as you log out.

You can download Sane Scrolling for free. Google Play Store.

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