well, I guess I just don’t want to give any more energy to judging it (or anything else for that matter). And while it’s tempting to feel “pre-testing” lacks soul and conviction. What happened to listening to a song? And what happened to the romantic image of DJs who played music because they believed in it? Well, that still happens, too. If you’re anything like me, this whole business of pre-testing 8 to 16 seconds of a song is. If it scores well, then that becomes part of the case they’ll build when talking with radio about the song. As an extreme measure, you can also choose to entirely disable notifications for the YouTube app.When Centricity (my record label) is considering which song should be the next single to promote to radio, they will do “pre-testing”, which means they hire a service who plays a portion of the song (sometimes only 8 to 16 seconds of it) for the target demographic of radio listeners. Sure, there will be a few channels where you just can’t wait to watch the moment a new video drops, but the goal is to prioritize content that interests you and reduce/stop watching other videos. To avoid this, you should evaluate your subscriptions again and ask yourself if that particular content deserves your immediate attention. While it might seem like a harmless notification of a new video from one of the channels you watch, you might end up spending hours if you’re not mindful. A good place to start would be to unsubscribe channels that you no longer find interesting or valuable enough to spend your time on.Īnother way to reduce YouTube usage is to eliminate the triggers. First up, you should introspect your content consumption habits. Practical Tips Without Third-Party AppsĪpart from all these, here are the methods I follow to make sure that I don’t waste a lot of time on YouTube. Once you’ve reached the dedicated page for YouTube, choose ‘app timer’ and set the time you want to spend watching YouTube in a day.Ĥ. From the list of apps, find and press YouTube.
#SONG WASTED MY TIME ANDROID#
On Android phones, open Settings -> Digital Wellbeing & parental controls, and tap on Dashboard.
You’ll find more app timer apps and websites in our coverage of the best focus apps. One third-party app that does this task well is Freedom. You can use Android’s Digital wellbeing feature or iPhone’s screen time feature to achieve this. If you are at a point where you need an extra push to disconnect from YouTube, you can rely on one of the app timers to lock you out of YouTube once you’ve exhausted your daily usage limit. While these features won’t lock you out of YouTube, you can use these as a sign to close it. You also have the option to get reminded after completing the current video, which should be effective as long as you’re not playing 10-hour extended versions of songs or memes. Here, you can set the start and end time of your sleep hours or any time you don’t want to spend watching videos. If you ask me, I’d recommend setting a reminder every 30 minutes.Ĭoming to bedtime reminders, you’ll find the option to set it up from Settings -> General -> Remind me when it’s bedtime. You can choose the duration that works best for you. The reminder’s frequency can range from every 5 minutes to every 23 hours and 55 minutes. To set up a break reminder, open YouTube and go to Settings -> General -> Remind me to take a break. However, not all users are aware of these and end up not setting up these much-needed features. Similarly, the company brought bedtime reminders last May to urge users to hit the bed. In May 2018, YouTube added a break reminder feature on its mobile apps to help users take breaks.
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