Thoughts on productivity blocking software such as Freedom.to?

They say:

Our blocking mechanism does not send any of your traffic off of your machine, to our network, etc.

Can this be trusted? What’s the comparison to FOSS alternatives like SelfControl?

it just seems like a DNS resolver with some marketing flourish to me…

I would just use one of the recommended ones on PG

On a personal level, attempting to circumvent actual self control by trying to use tools to avoid the issue (when you can easily disable them), may not be the most effective long term solution. That’s my two cents.

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