[wintorez]

The strategy that has worked for me so far is to delete all any addicting app (entertainment, social media, etc) that has a web version. I still can access them with browser, but the experience is not the same, so after a while, I get bored, and close them.

[cortesoft]

Well I am screwed, then, because I already only access everything via the web browser on my phone, I don’t have any entertainment or social media apps… but I still browse hackernews and Reddit too much.

[boredpudding]

I use Firefox on my phone with extensions. I have a block extension running to block distracting things.

My news is literally only a digital newspaper subscription on my phone. So once I've read that, there's nothing more to read for the rest of the day.

[946789987649]

Try using any extensions which let you block websites (even better if there's a schedule). I found a lot of my browsing came from just muscle memory opening it, which once you disconnect, actually ends up being fine.

[hilux]

I do this too.

Of course, the companies fight back, e.g. Facebook messaging isn't (last I checked) available through the Facebook-in-the-browser; it requires the Messenger app.

[davesmylie]

https://mbasic.facebook.com - at least for now a cut down version that still allows messenger designed for those with low bandwidth.

I would be curious to hear your experience - it's been functional for me for quite some time, but just recently it's had a banner declaring that it was going away....

[interbased]

This is correct for messenger.com itself, but you can access Messenger through Facebook.com - it's just another tab on the website. If you don't want to visit Facebook.com, though, then yes you're out of luck.