[jaltekruse]

I tried getting an app called BlockSite to work for the last 2 years, but it must have relied on a very unstable API for tracking webpage visits and displaying the overlay to block them, because it was always breaking.

I feel pretty dumb for not thinking of this sooner, but chrome allows blocking JavaScript on specific domains. I literally just yesterday finally did this for YouTube, and I'm excited I finally found something that works.

The channels will all still be there later if I want to watch some of the content, but now I can't just casually start it up all the time.

Also if this sounds useful to you but you sometimes need YouTube, this doesn't block it in the little temporary browser that opens when you click on a link from Facebook messenger. So it's a roundabout way to still access in a pinch when you want to watch a video.