
I built an app to stop myself spiralling down porn and doomscrolling
I fixed my porn addiction, but still found myself doomscrolling for hours every day. Turns out my brain just found a new way to chase dopamine. So I built Dopamine Defender — on-device AI that guides you away from explicit content and doomscrolling. Not a blunt blocker. More like a quiet nudge before you're 47 reels deep. Who's behind it Three of us, recently graduated software engineers from Australia. We've all dealt with this stuff personally. We got sick of every app, every algorithm, every platform being designed to extract as much attention from you as possible — and nobody really building tools to fight back. So we did. Why on-device? Your browsing habits are private. Nothing leaves your phone. Where it's at Built, polished, waiting on Play Store approval. More digital health features coming. Waitlist is open if you're interested: dopaminedefender.com
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