I use a lot of social media Apps and each has its own purpose. For example I use
YouTube: for watching videos (not shorts) of various content, musical videos, etc., and at the same time they have youtube shorts
Instagram: To check updates from the people whom I follow their stories and posts, and at the same time they have reels
SnapChat: To check snaps from my friends to know updates about their lives. They have Spotlight
Facebook: I go especially for the Marketplace & they also do have Reels
All the time when I open these apps for my purpose, they always redirect to Reels either through the feed or by the notification icon (raising anxiety about what's new) and forcefully land me in their time black hole
something like this
I have tried digital well-being apps which are app time limiters but the problem with those is that it's either use the entire app or don't use the app.
Today's well being apps work great (like App Time of iOS) for games but not for social media apps, which also serve some good functionality the reason why they become famous at first place.
I am looking for a solution where I can only block these short videos and use the rest of the app's functionality like how today's Ad blocker work.
