[heckanoobs]

Stopped using any feature with infinite scroll implemented. It's the common thread between social media feeds, app store lists, streaming services, etc. For sites like HN I stop after the first page.

I was bored at first but then I started filling my time with more productive hobbies, which was the point. Infinite content providers are designed to steal all your time.

It's crazy how little I use the internet now. I never realized what it had become until I put some restrictions in place that ended up blocking out like 90% of the web.

[lypextin]

Relevant for those who don't want to get rid of infinite scroll sites completely:

When opening such site, go several pages down immediately and work your way up instead of down. That way, you have a clear end and you've decided already how much time you want to spend there and can just quit when you get to the first post.

[owenversteeg]

Huh, that actually seems like a great idea. What services were you mainly using before?

[heckanoobs]

I was on all the social media but took the plunge and deleted them all.

Some things I visited to blow time like imgur have infinite scroll in their apps but are paginated on their mobile site, so I just visit the mobile site and stop after one page. I had disabled infinite scroll in RES at first but eventually left Reddit altogether.

I no longer browse app stores, Netflix, hulu, etc. I already know what I want to watch and search for it directly.