Time limit for Websites before Blocking
S
A setting to provide a maximum time limit per domain per time period (day, week, etc.) to moderate access to certain websites to provide a flexible restriction option to avoid the all-or-nothing trap that can lead users to disabling the blocking settings.
Use case: sometimes I'd like to be able to visit certains websites for a certain amount of time per day / week so I can catch up on news etc or have a break during meals or chores, but not fall into addictive doom-scrolling loops.
Ben
Like turtlebeach said, this is really hard to do accurately on the DNS level. However, we might be able to use a browser extension for Windows/Mac to layer in this functionality.
Ben
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Ability to have time limits before being blocked
szyrm
Let users put certain websites/apps on a time limit and after that time limit is gone for the day/week, it should get blocked and reset on the next day
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turtlebeach
I’m not from TL, but I know this is pretty difficult if not impossible to achieve. DNS blocking doesn’t have this level of insight. A DNS activity log can see that I’ve made 5 calls to a domain, maybe in the last hour, but exactly how long in minutes I’ve spent on that website is information not available to it. What you can do is make a window of an hour or two or whatever where such websites and apps can be accessed, and once this window closes the app or website will be blocked until the window reopens tomorrow, but you cannot do app limits as you are suggesting.