how I reduced my screentime by 80% (guide)

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this is the modern dumbphone, a system to make your phone work for you and not against you. this is an updated version with some new features!
apps mentioned:
iOS (no subscriptions)
- homescreen: dumbify [$6.99]
- extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for RU-vid [$3.99]
- app blocker: screenzen or burnout buddy [free]
Android (all free)
- homescreen: olauncher [free] alt: unlauncher [sideload]
- extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for RU-vid [free]
- app blocker: screenzen [free]
written guide: reysu.io/dumbphone
📺 some of my other vids :
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7 Purchases under $100 to quickly improve your life:
Outline:
0:00 what is the modern dumbphone?
0:32 feature + setup walkthrough
1:10 why do this / results after doing this for over a year
2:42 how apps try to addict you
4:20 iOS + android setup guide
4:36 #1 delete apps
4:57 #2 turn off notifications
5:15 #3 optimize the browser
6:15 #4 homescreen customization
7:35 #5 create a social media schedule
9:39 additional tips / phone recommendation

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26 июл 2024

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@reysu Месяц назад

if you've seen my previous video on this, this is an updated version with no subscription fees + some new features. hope you enjoy, thanks for watching

@wilson2119 14 дней назад

👍

@josiahdemaray6973 Месяц назад

Found this in a RU-vid rabbit hole

@reysu Месяц назад

rabbit holes are good sometimes

@FourthExile 16 дней назад

Given the ubiquity of apps I don’t believe it’s ironic anymore when you find content like this on an algorithmic platform.

@ryanmunuve2757 4 дня назад

Me too!

@et6729 Месяц назад

You are so right about app design. I have a smart phone from ~ 2013 that I opened recently. Snapchat was chat and friends list, thats it. No news, no stories, no scroll. Iphone apps especially are now 99% bloat with 2% functionality.

@reysu Месяц назад

any favorite apps that aren't 99% bloat?

@et6729 Месяц назад

@@reysu Anki hahaha. I think LingQ does a good job not bloating its app with anything that isnt language learning material. You open it up and theres your library, vocab trainer, and settings, thats all.

@arc3944 Месяц назад

101% app?

@et6729 Месяц назад

@@reysu Anki Lol. I'd say LingQ is good at what it does. The only pages are, reader, vocab review, and settings. I think Anki is perfect. Literally 0 nonsense, it does what it says it does. I'm glad I spent 25$ on it.

@et6729 Месяц назад

@@reysu Big fan of Anki, haha.

@parkers3301 13 дней назад

these break the content cycle videos are often hard to watch all the way through because they catch you in the middle of a doom scroll and will just try to shame or scare you out of it. thank you for the only practical and useful video

@4Rekless Месяц назад

I kid you not when I say it took me years to set up a system that you've just improved by a mile!! Thanks so much! So much value in one video!!

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful!!

@elijahfishburne1251 Месяц назад

You're a baller for making this video. I've tried and failed a bunch of different methods, and this by far offers the most flexibility and benefit.

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you!! hop you find it useful

@luisliz 17 дней назад

I haven't watched the video but already thumbs up for saying "For less than $10" it's insane that most of these videos imply spending $100 bucks a year to make it minimalist and then you either procrastinate or have to battle through either paying or doing.

@parkere.7202 Месяц назад

Wow Reysu, thank you so much for this. I had watched your previous video and ran into those subscription fees.. it started not to be useful to me. Now, you come back with an updated version and more features! That speaks to your dedication to this topic and your viewers. I appreciate content creators like you a lot, thank you Reysu.

@reysu Месяц назад

you got it!!

@aliq746 Месяц назад

first time in ages that I watch a whole long form video without speeding up. Nice work

@reysu Месяц назад

!! thats a great compliment haha, thanks for watching

@thatdberad Месяц назад

ten minutes is hardly long form

@kitschking Месяц назад

true

@y0ggy Месяц назад

@@thatdberad it is for tiktok kids apparently lmao

@JeffStep93 17 дней назад

10 mins? Jeez lol

@clararoethe8935 12 дней назад

did this a few days ago and i love it. thank you so much for putting the time in to share your system.

@SebastianMorrisDr Месяц назад

Honestly one of the most useful and informative RU-vid video I have watch for a while. Thanks

@reysu Месяц назад

appreciate you saying that!

@deddend1697 19 дней назад

Thanks so much for highlighting these solutions. The RU-vid extension is a huge help. I love the idea of keeping the functionality, but just reducing the addictive aspects of it! So many help guides just suggest something extreme like stopping using the phone completely while this I believe is much more achievable

@67persanazh Месяц назад

Thank you for this guide. After doing this for less than a week, I can sit for multiple hours at a time and not check my phone. I feel more present, focussed on learning and comfortable with not being constantly stimulated.

@clearhealthpodcast 28 дней назад

You have great insight and the comparison between the programs from a while ago and now is alarming. Thank you.

@guybrushskywalker Месяц назад

Great work, Reysu. I believe you do a great service to this community. And the production quality is great as well. Respect.

@mustafakaraaslan9757 Месяц назад

ok why do i have the feeling this is going to change a lot for my life ( in a very good way) thank you a lot. It was really easy to setup and so fast. I also added the extensions to my arcade browser so also on desktop im not getting distracted. Thank you a lot for this video man. i have a really good feeling about that.

@reysu Месяц назад

you got this bro!!

@BiG__Disgruntled 18 дней назад

Awesome video! I really appreciate this tutorial. Also you're incredibly well articulated and easy to listen to, love your calm and informative tone!

@sillyolesapphic44 18 дней назад

i’m really grateful for this video

@wseanw Месяц назад

Your videos found me at the perfect time, thank you so much for the updated version!

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it's helpful!!

@grantpaylor8885 19 дней назад

Thank you for sharing all these amazing resources! Just set all of them up on my phone and already having withdrawals - wish me luck!

@hemberry_ 22 дня назад

this is incredible, thank you for this distilled advice that I needed on my journey to beat social media/phone addiction

@KrustalHersh 18 дней назад

I understand the aversion to paying but the expectation that every app is free or nearly is what got us into this algorithm problem in the first place.

@jenHry-ng3pw 16 дней назад

The problem is even if you pay, they still want to maximize your time spent in the app and addiction to it, because there is higher chance you pay if you are addicted.

@owenjenkinsofficial 13 дней назад

@@jenHry-ng3pwthat’s not what he’s saying. He is saying that all the best social media and games were made free because the general public prioritized free apps when phones first came out because they were more accessible or didn’t want to pay. These companies realized that if they made their apps free to make them appealing, and they could compensate that loss monetarily with data collection, and that incentivized creating addictive algorithms that allowed them to scrape far more than just basic data but all the way up to behavioral patterns per advertising ID and patterns and consistent interests that you engage with. And that ironically created a more consistent form of revenue because then they can turn around and use that data and patterns to help you sell products to the general people… for a small fee, eventually motivating the continual evolution of algorithms on social media especially.

@u-w-quest9947 14 дней назад

Solid video, concise steps and clean editing. Keep it up!

@danielbergert 26 дней назад

That is exactly what i'm looking for. THANKS Reysu.

@MateuszGawronOfficial Месяц назад

You are doing a great job! It really helps with efficiency. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful

@zh2256 7 дней назад

This is exactly what I was looking for... YAY. thank you for doing the digging for these apps and for showing how to do it on android too! you're the best

@harukay2503 21 день назад

This is a bloody good video. Straight to the point

@james-bensoncare4053 Месяц назад

With all these recommendations, I won’t be able to watch your next videos :( love your stuff man 💚

@reysu Месяц назад

hahah you can block the feed but browse from the subscription box

@The40ishDad Месяц назад

thank you for this updated video!

@reysu Месяц назад

np!!

@oscarvelay 2 дня назад

Rey you might have saved my life, and my projects, bless you

@frogturtle 2 дня назад

Companies these days would rather build your life than build tools for you to use Love the video man. Thanks for sharing your setup, I think it can help a lot of people

@raymondhessel6331 27 дней назад

thanks so much! I haven't tried yet but I'm very excited to try!

@isaacss8182 20 дней назад

Thank you for this! I’ve been looking for a way to do this for years

@isaacrivera.colorado 5 дней назад

I have a really similar setup to my own phone. I’m glad that we came to similar conclusions but this is definitely a set up better thanks for sharing!

@DayOneNotOneDay394 Месяц назад

Just in time for Summer, thanks for saving mine!!

@reysu Месяц назад

hope you have a great summer!!

@jmelamp3926 16 дней назад

Bravo my friend! Great work seriously! 👏

@callingrantham2553 13 дней назад

Bro, thank you. This is probably the biggest compulsion i have in my life and its eating at my time and focus.

@lucien4888 Месяц назад

Incredible knowledge value. Thank you a lot !

@reysu Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@LowkeyLukeDnB 16 дней назад

This is a superb video. I’m tempted to implement this.

@ropirito 18 дней назад

Great video! Going to try this as I’ve been feeling addicted

9 дней назад

Best productivity video on RU-vid, thank you

@bruceman9581 17 дней назад

What a good idea with the launcher. Thank you!

@Mousealmighty 18 дней назад

I appreciate you bro I been struggling with this all year

@elijah1244 18 дней назад

this is gold, thanks for the video!

@sekainotamago День назад

Thank you! This is exactly the approach I was looking for. The technology is not the problem, we simply need to make it work for us, not against us! I need social media for work and it was hard to come by a solution to minimise its use.

@Geneparmesan Месяц назад

Hey reysu I did this months ago when you do this similar video and it’s helped so much. Thank you!

@reysu Месяц назад

glad you're still doing it !! 🤝

@TheAlv2000 19 дней назад

thank you so much for sharing this!

@arsanmokhtari261 18 дней назад

This video is really helpful thank you man❤

@arec9581 Месяц назад

This is awesome and will definitely try this! I have used RSS feeds for personal media consumption recently, and its pretty analogous to the benefits listed here, except its mainly for PC. (rss feeds are an aggregator for all of ones internet feeds for things like youtube, twitter, news, blogs) What I've noticed is that when scrolling isn't the "fun" part of your screen time, its easier to assess whether the content or tool is valuable or not. Especially if you use social media without their original GUI or any GUI at all, it completely changes the experience of it.

@reysu Месяц назад

that's a good idea, what do you use to browse your rss feeds?

@arec9581 Месяц назад

@@reysu I use "newsboat" which is text-based and through the terminal, but also have used "Feedbro" the browser extension

@arec9581 Месяц назад

@@reysu newsboat for terminal text based, but I used to use feed bro which is through browser and shows pictures

@arecreation2166 Месяц назад

@@reysu (alt acc lol) usually newsboat for text based terminal app, but if im on browser feedbro

@sprengar 20 дней назад

not the original poster, but i've been using NetNewsWire for ios and it's been great

@littleseal833 16 дней назад

I'm a little late here. But it's hilarious that you suggested deleting apps, so midway through the video I did that! Including the RU-vid app I was watching your video on.. so I'm back, watching on the browser now haha

@Ello927 Месяц назад

Just what I needed today!

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful!

@Sol66459 18 дней назад

Superb video, thank you, I’m enacting these tips.

@christiansaravia7865 Месяц назад

Needed this, tysm bro

@ryanmunuve2757 4 дня назад

You’re the man reysu!

@jjmachan Месяц назад

thanks a lot for sharing, this was super helpful

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful!!

@anisakhan4708 Месяц назад

Omg just needed this!

@reysu Месяц назад

thanks for watching :)

@jacksparrow6476 Месяц назад

Thanks for all the insights. I have been addicted particularly to RU-vid for 5 years now. I'm trying to end it. Once in a while I would stop watching yt ( max was for 1 week) but ultimately find my way back to endless binge watching videos that adds no value to my life. I will implement your mentioned changes.

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you for watching

@djcook Месяц назад

Fire idea bro

@reysu Месяц назад

thanks!!

@_ab. Месяц назад

Wsg kodak

@AyaEgbuho День назад

I cannot say thank you ENOUGH! Thank you so much!!!!!! This is fantastic. I didn't even know this was possible! I really was so torn by YT. I have gained so much good stuff, but YT can also be a real time wasting issue for me. Thank you again! ❤

@nano-ai Месяц назад

loved the apps and how easy the setup on iOS was. just set this up and it looks great so far.

@reysu Месяц назад

awesome!!

@jordantherubio 15 дней назад

I did the dumb phone and I love it so far. I was so addicted to social media and I just took them off my pages and that solved it. But my final addiction is watching so much youtube videos now. I average 3+ hours a day and 24hr a week. And that less than %30 from last week. So Im hopping this dumb phone and limitations apps help with this. Thanks again this dumb phone is a great idea.

@DanRodriguez1 24 дня назад

Thanks man, I'm a youtube addict

@pietersteyn2809 Месяц назад

thank you so much! this is so helpful

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you!!

@rafidhoda 24 дня назад

Amazing video! Thank you so much : )

@romanlatelafilms Месяц назад

Hey man, don't know if you will see this, but I've been here since (I think it was Film Booth) recommended your channel when you were at 300 subs. I just saw this video on my home page and it brought me back to this channel again. It's so cool to see how far you've come and I hope you never lose motivation to continue making videos.

@reysu Месяц назад

yoo thats crazy!! learned so much about making videos and got so much better over the past year. glad I made it back to your home page and thanks for supporting :) do you know where he mentioned my channel?

@romanlatelafilms Месяц назад

@@reysu I believe it was a community post but it's been over a year so I can't exactly remember haha

@user-fq5qg1bu5f Месяц назад

Genius. Thank you good Sir! You're a treasure in this world!

@reysu Месяц назад

thanks for the kind words

@samloose7526 Месяц назад

That's actually brilliant. So practical for people of our generation.

@reysu Месяц назад

thanks for watching!

@TyUnfiltered Месяц назад

Online addiction is definitely one of those area's that needs more attention. Loved the point about the current state of App design.

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you for watching!

@scoogsy 20 дней назад

Great video! Saved. I am going to come back to this vdieo

@summonedskull98 13 дней назад

Man this olauncher.... truly amazing.. like so minimaliatic and great man. Fast too.

@lifelover69 Месяц назад

thanks bro, great work

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful!

@user-rg2yt6yz4o 15 дней назад

I’ve been started to do something like this but I might try what ur doing. Thank you

@James25809 14 дней назад

Good video mate. Thanks.

@trandamihai Месяц назад

0:52 "disable RU-vid recommendations so as not to be distracted"... hehe, the climax, I discovered your video with an interesting topic from the recommendations.

@douglasjensen8986 15 дней назад

Thank you 😘In addition to my smartphone, I have a dumb phone. No apps except a text-only browser (you can do SMS and email with a browser). Most of the time, I use my dumb phone.

@KARMA-07 Месяц назад

thank you so much! you help me a lot bro.

@reysu Месяц назад

glad it was helpful

@yoavahouvi6820 17 дней назад

love your videos

@torr5952 Месяц назад

Great video!

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you!

@jikno4885 15 дней назад

Great vid, thanks.

@03cobrah Месяц назад

I really enjoyed both videos. thank you for this system so far it's been really helpful for me. is your iPad formatted the same way?

@reysu Месяц назад

yep, my iPad doesn't have a browser or any social media, it's purely for reading/note taking. I mostly use it as a second monitor

@phuongson_4467 Месяц назад

In the past I used to spend an unhealthy amount of time on social media (mainly facebook), there were periods that I would average 4-5 hours just scrolling. Realized that I need to stop this so I've been doing the same for about 2 years now and I can guarantee that it worked. By doing that, I have more free time to do productive things, not to mention better mental health and positivity. btw, I'm also using immersion and your korekara podcasts help a lot.

@reysu Месяц назад

that's great to hear man and I'm glad you're using your time productively with immersing and learning a new language :)

@avr1999 17 дней назад

Thank you for suggesting unlauncher.

@SamClark-zl6nf 15 дней назад

Very good vid, thanks

@totemadept Месяц назад

Great tips I’ll try a few of these

@reysu Месяц назад

hope it helps out

@SuziePenguin 10 дней назад

They don’t make the iPhone mini anymore but the SE 3rd gen is the same form factor. I love it since it’s actually a good size for my tiny, feminine, baby hands. Thanks for this video, I’ve thought about doing this but haven’t since I didn’t know what all it would involve.

@eXqmpIe 17 дней назад

This is great!

@curiousave5744 Месяц назад

Thank you for this video

@reysu Месяц назад

you got it

@EverlastingKnights 16 дней назад

I cant swing my sword with a phone in my hand

@BiG__Disgruntled 18 дней назад

Thank you!

@ginoblinders1980 Месяц назад

It's funny to have find you as a recommendation video ahahah

@reysu Месяц назад

why is that

@Bot28111 Месяц назад

@@reysubecause the video is about turning it off

@JD27770 Месяц назад

Great ideas

@reysu Месяц назад

thank you!

@LinasDirbaDarbus Месяц назад

screenzen is great! it's technique where it has a timer before opening an app and the next you open the app the timer goes +1 sek. Brilliant!

@reysu Месяц назад

I tried that but I think the schedule worked the best for me!

@hoterychannel 23 дня назад

Many android already have feature something like super battery saver which turn homescreen for something like that - just 6 icons - apps. Like contacts, sms, browser, audio player, camera, some messages app. Plus it increases battery life.

@mochamochamatcha677 Месяц назад

great video , thank you so much

@reysu Месяц назад

glad you found it valuable

@erkintekin3611 Месяц назад

I’m bored of both unneccesary apps and their logos, and too many homepages with many icons, so this works for me too🤞🏽

@reysu Месяц назад

hard to go back

@Stupid_Ash Месяц назад

Thankyou so much for this stuff ... i was really so much into the matrix . now i'm focused and out 🔥

@reysu Месяц назад

you got this bro

@Stupid_Ash Месяц назад

@@reysu dude that's so cool of you 🔥🔥

@dilshodbekrajabov3954 Месяц назад

Very usefull content. Thanks

@reysu Месяц назад

glad you think so!

@gregwhitten6070 Месяц назад

I also found it helpful to turn on grayscale mode in settings. It can be done on IOS or Android. Having a black and white screen really takes a lot of dopamine out using your phone. Also I have found that reducing animations helps too.

@reysu Месяц назад

yes!! that's what I do, I mention it briefly towards the end

@DiegoPonceVilla-bi9hc Месяц назад

Great video! It sesumes pretty much all the things and why toy should still use a smarthpone but conciosly. You should make another video like this for PCs

@reysu Месяц назад

i made a video walking through some of the apps I use on PC a few months back that you can check out but essentially use cold turkey to block apps/websites (match your phone) then also consider using untrap for youtube and social focus to make them less sticky (available on chrome, safari, firefox, arc etc)