LockyFeed — a pause before the feed

What it does

LockyFeed is a Chrome extension: a pause before social media instead of an outright ban, a block page in the site's own colors, and a YouTube 'music only' mode. Local, no data collection.

LockyFeed is a Chrome extension: a pause before social media instead of an outright ban, a live little character on the block screen, and a YouTube

LockyFeed doesn't block forever. It puts a pause before the feed and asks "why?" - and your hand often stops on its own. No server. 0 network requests. Everything counted locally. Works in Chrome, Arc, Dia, Brave, Edge. Not a single "block" button, but a strictness scale - choose how much friction to add per site. Before entry - a short delay and a "why?" field. Answer it, and you get a session of a few minutes. Reflexive opens become deliberate ones. You can peek, but you can't binge: a little access, then a longer lock. Your own active-time budget per site, visible up front. Only the active tab counts - idling doesn't burn the clock. Run out, and it's locked until reset. A hard block, no…from lockyfeed.vercel.app

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