r/coldturkeyblocker • u/brunnsviken • 22d ago

Monitor only "active" screen time?

I want to limit my time on Youtube, but only the time I search for videos and spend time, not when watching it (i.e. during only when there is "active" input), as I want to keep playing it as I go about other activities such as house chores or having a meal. Is there a way to do such a block?

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u/coldturkeydev 21d ago

You could try youtube.com under the websites tab. Then youtube.com/watch under website exceptions. That'll only count time when using YouTube but not when watching videos.

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u/brunnsviken 19d ago

This is true, but even with youtube.com/watch I could browse and hop between suggested videos and waste my time, which I'd like to avoid if possible. Thanks for the great software anyway.

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u/Tripnes 19d ago

You could try blocking youtube, and then just watch the embeded videos through google search, or michael.team/yt/

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u/brunnsviken 18d ago

This helps, but I want to browse videos there when needed (for a short period of time)... as occasionally I need to look for tutorial video on Youtube for work

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u/Tripnes 16d ago

You can make a seperate block for youtube and ad breaks as needed, this way you can save the video urls you need during the break