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by selcuka 1247 days ago
> the extension is at most a reminder to try to stop. it's still trivial to bypass

Well, of course. You can also disable the extension, but that's not the point.

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I agree with who you're replying to. A blocker is no blocker if it is trivial to disable.
It is about blocking yourself so the routine is interrupted. Suddenly it is no one click routine action anymore, but you take make the decision to bypass a conscious decision of the brain. At that point you can decide to stop and go back to your actual work and thus break the habit of ope ing that page too often.