I don't know why the author spends half of the article justifying how can youtube addiction be a thing, it seems to me that social media addiction is now an established thing, which a large proportion of people are subject to
If you own an Android phone there is a "Digital well being" settings which allows you to block applications after a certain amount of time spent every day, it also work for time spent on certain website on chrome, and it contains other features (focus mode, black and white mode) which I've found really useful. There are equivalent browser extension for desktop
Though blocking websites/apps is not a magical solution, in the past I've found myself just disabling the blockers when I really wanted to watch something, I think it only works combined with discipline
Depending on how the subject if framed or the angle chosen by the author those kind of posts attracts the crowd of people for whom it's one's sole responsibility/fault to be addicted or to fail to ward off addictive products or to restrain themselves. It often happens in threads about sugar and diet.
"There's no addiction because nobody is forcing you so it's your fault". Something like that.
Great to know that iOS has the same kind of thing, I was honestly surprised when I discovered it on android, it seems to go against the "engagement maximization" trend and all, I guess it shows that it's a serious enough topic
If you own an Android phone there is a "Digital well being" settings which allows you to block applications after a certain amount of time spent every day, it also work for time spent on certain website on chrome, and it contains other features (focus mode, black and white mode) which I've found really useful. There are equivalent browser extension for desktop
Though blocking websites/apps is not a magical solution, in the past I've found myself just disabling the blockers when I really wanted to watch something, I think it only works combined with discipline