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Trick your brain that you have not deleted the app! Breaking the loop of deleting and reinstalling social apps is tough because muscle memory takes over. DopaMean fixes this. It is a minimal web app that adds a realistic fake icon to your home screen. Delete your real apps, install this PWA, and tap it when the urge hits. You get a forced 30-second pause to rethink your scrolling habit. It is free, open-source, requires no account, and has zero tracking. Try it out and break the dopamine loop.
DopaMeanTrick your brain that you have not deleted the app!
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Hello World! I've tried pretty much every app blocker out there. They always fail for me because willpower is completely useless against muscle memory. I'd unlock my phone and my thumb was already opening the app before my brain even registered it. My biggest trap was the delete and reinstall loop. I would delete an app feeling super motivated. But the muscle memory doesn't care. A day later my...
DopaMeanTrick your brain that you have not deleted the app!
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Trick your brain that you have 'not' deleted the dopamine app
I kept getting stuck in a loop where I’d delete social media apps, then reinstall them the same day. My muscle memory would still search for them, and even if I deleted them, the App Store would show results and tempt me to install again. To break out of that, I built DopaMean. It’s a minimal web app that creates a fake but realistic-looking icon on your home screen. You delete the original app...