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I stopped using Reddit for a few weeks because of this. I use Reddit almost exclusively on my phone and I don’t need nor want to download a separate web browser just for one site.

But then one day I checked out of habit and I was back in.

But if they want to “ban” me from the site because I visit with my phone’s browser, so be it. Honestly they’d probably be doing me a favor. But I’m not downloading the stupid app.



I've set a screen time limit of 1 minute per day. It's enough to be annoying unless I end up there from a Google search.

For the time being I'm just going to reallocate my Reddit time to reading about my hobbies.


1 minute? Is that a typo?


Just seems like enough time to read any search queries that match on reddit threads each day, but no reason to browse.

I just flat block it, but use workarounds when I rarely need to view Google results, may follow this same approach going forward.


No typo, the other commenter is correct.

Screen Time on iOS/macOS lets you override the clock but in a “snooze” style. It blocks me from habitually browsing the front page but lets me land there from search.


So you've restricted the reddit domain to 1 minute?


Yes, it’s combined between Reddit web, app, and Apollo.




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