Reelief

A brief pause before short-form video feeds load, so scrolling is a choice, not a reflex.

Reelief adds a brief, dismissable pause before short-form video feeds load — YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels — so scrolling becomes a choice instead of a reflex. Short-form feeds are built to bypass conscious decision-making. You open one to check a single video and resurface 40 minutes later without ever choosing to stay. Reelief doesn't block the platforms you use — it just interrupts the automatic part. HOW IT WORKS - Friction mode (default): a brief pause before a Shorts/Reels feed loads, with a "Continue anyway" or "Not now — go back" choice. Nothing is off-limits, the reflex is just interrupted. - Block mode: turns you around at the door instead, for when a pause isn't enough. - An optional recurring reminder re-shows the pause after N minutes of continuous watching in one sitting, so a "quick check" doesn't quietly become an hour. WHAT YOU SEE The popup shows today's opens and time spent per platform, plus a 30-day trend so you can see the pattern, not just the moment. PRIVACY Reelief has no account, no sync, and no server. Every number it shows is calculated and stored entirely on your device, in Chrome's local extension storage, and never leaves it. Full privacy policy: https://github.com/imsurajsn/Reelief/blob/master/extension/PRIVACY.md A nudge, not a cage.