[ahmedfromtunis]

All I really need right now is an app that would restrict certain apps usage to certain time slots.

I already cut my social apps usage to 2 hours per day, which is a huge success.

Now I want to stop myself from diving head-first into Instagram the moment I wake up. If only I can make these apps accessible only from 10am to 02pm.

Any suggestions?

(I tried parental control but it requires having only one logged-in account which I can't fulfill.)

[sphars]

There may be DNS-based solutions. I use NextDNS to block reddit except for 7-10pm using the recreation time settings.

[dominis]

I had the same problem, browser extensions weren't enough, and I wanted something system-wide. So I built Sinkzone [1], a DNS tool that blocks everything unless allowlisted. It’s open-source and works across OSs. Thought it might be helpful if you're looking beyond NextDNS.

[1] https://github.com/berbyte/sinkzone

[ahmedfromtunis]

It sadly doesn't work.

I tried blocking Facebook on my phone using both the parental control option AND adding `facebook.com` to the deny list.

Somehow, the app is still chugging along totally unbothered.

[tinuviel]

Try NextDNS.