How to quit YouTube without deleting your account
Block YouTube, keep a few channels you value, and write down why before watching anything else. Your past reasons are shown back to you.
What the video shows
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Block YouTube in Redirect with one click.
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Keep the few channels you truly value as exceptions.
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To watch anything else, you write down why first. Your past reasons are shown back to you.
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Watch the redirects add up. That is the habit, loosening its grip.
Read the transcript
You do not have to delete your account to quit YouTube. You just need to make it harder to fall back in. Block YouTube in Redirect with one click. Keep the few channels you truly value as exceptions. To watch anything else, you write down why first. Your past reasons are shown back to you. Watch the redirects add up. That is the habit, loosening its grip. Get Redirect at heyredirect.com.
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