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Products that do what Reel Killer does
Block Reels, Shorts with surgical precision. Keep the rest.
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I wanted to find a way to use Instagram without ending up scrolling for two hours every time I open the app to see a friend's story. Most screen time apps I found focus on blocking the app itself instead of the addictive feed, so I created this app to allow me to keep using the "healthy" and "social" features and block the infinite scrolling (Reels) After implementing the block on Instagram Reels, I got addicted to YouTube Shorts and Reddit feed. So, I extended the app to cover these as well. To avoid replacing the scrolling for regular feeds, I also added a feature that shows a pop-up when…
2025 · scrollguard.app
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Hi HN! I built this little extension to prevent, in my opinion, the most offensive anti-pattern used by tech companies. That is removing the seek bar in short-form videos. The "seek bar" is the bar at the bottom of a video that progresses as you play the video, and that you can click on or drag to skip around. Why companies ever thought it was a good idea to get rid of this I don't know, but I find it infuriating, so I decided to add it back for myself and thought others might like it too. ReelControl adds a progress bar and seeking capabilities to videos on Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and…
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com
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Take control of your feed and eliminate distractions
6d ago · waafaa.com
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Block ads and trackers in your Apple TV's streaming apps
Feb 2026 · magiclasso.co
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Detects mindless scrolling and snaps you out of it.
Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com
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Hi Everyone, Digital Carrot is a programmable and pluggable app blocker. It lets you block websites and apps on iOS, Mac and Windows until a set of conditions or goal is met. For example you can block Reddit, Instagram and Steam until your Apple Watch reports that you have walked 5000 steps. The app works by collecting data via plugins that you can use to create goals for yourself. Goals are all represented by expressions that return true or false based on the data you provide. For example, if you want to create a goal to finish all of the tasks in your to-do list you could do something like…
Jan 2026 · digitalcarrot.app
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Do you know how many Reels you watch daily? Probably 500+
Feb 2026 · reelcounter-app-land-4y77.bolt.host
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Hide YouTube Shorts completely and reclaim your focus
Dec 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com
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