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by 121789 2843 days ago
Yep, Cold turkey is great. I use Freedom for IOS for similar functionality.
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yitianjian 2843 days ago
Freedom's been removed from the iOS App Store, unfortunately :(
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121789 2843 days ago
Whoa, must be recent. Do you know of any alternatives?
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utefan001 2843 days ago
My iOS app studycity may provide what you are looking for. If not, we might be able to modify it to provide some of the features freedom did.
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121789 2843 days ago
I'm pretty certain that Freedom (and many other ad-blocking apps) got banned because they were using a VPN for uses other than a strict VPN. Your app uses a VPN for access control, right? Why do you think it won't be banned?

EDIT: I don't want that to sound hostile at all...genuinely curious

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utefan001 2843 days ago
Fair question. There are a number of differences between apps like Freedom and StudyCity. We are aware of the recent VPN rules. StudyCity simply needs a gate to direct the student / child to take a couple of minutes to earn points on Khan Academy or another supported site. The gate can be implemented in many ways. At the moment, this is all the detail I can provide.
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