Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distractions and addictions

Re:Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distr... by pingec on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @02:02AM (#22354055)

I just tried it. Unfortunately it does not seem to work with my use case where I use youtube to play music in a background tab while working on other things. I want it to block me from actively watching videos but playback in the background is fine in my case.

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Re:Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distr... by qiyuxuan96 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:23AM (#22356667)

Thanks for the suggestion. I see, that's very valid. I've added it to our todo list - don't block if it's not the active tab.

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Re:Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distr... by namelessone on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @07:20AM (#22355400)

Check out Leechblock delaying page feature. There is a checkbox for "Count time spent on these sites only when browser tab is active"

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Re:Launch HN: Motion (YC W20) – defense against online distr... by qiyuxuan96 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:22AM (#22356663)

Thanks for recommending that. We actually do one better - we not only count time when browser tab is active, but also stop counting time when we don't detect activity or video playing for longer than 5 minutes :)

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