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Leash
A low-dopamine browser replacement
Leash is a mindfulness-oriented browser for iPhone and Android: no address bar, no bookmarks. (Read: No impulse browsing, just opening links from apps, friends, QR codes, and 'lookup' search.) If you uninstalled apps that lure you into doomscrolling, this might be your new browser.
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A couple of years ago, I discovered that I spent too much time on my phone. I'm a super curious person, almost everything interest me. Alas, my brain would always be willing to scroll on, read more and more. As I lost focus on the things that I really *wanted| to do, I thought it might be a good idea to uninstall social media, email and my browser. Grayscale mode, voila: my all-new, low-dopamine iPhone! Over the years, I found a good replacement for many things you'd do in a browser, such as news news (a RSS reader) and spending waiting times (ideas journaling). But then life came along! As it turns out, life in the mid-2020s requires a browser at certain points, not only an RSS reader and a text editor. "Pay for this parking lot by scanning this QR code." "Hey, check out this interesting cool website I found: www.interestingcoolwebsite.com" "To continue signing in to this app, please follow this link to our website" "Hmm, where were the Olympic games in 2004?" In these situations, I simply re-enabled Safari (Settings – Parental Controls – Allowed Apps – PIN Code – Safari – On...). It was effortful (perhaps in a good way in general – but not what you want when trying to pay for a parking lot) and I often forgot to disable it after doing what I wanted to do. Then, I happily went back to doomscrolling, now that Safari was back on my phone. As a designer interested in what we do with technology and what technology does with us, I wondered if I could create something in between: A useful browser for links that come in from the outside world (ticketing QR codes, friends, apps) but unattractive to open for a doomscrolling binge session. Plus, would Apple certify it as a 'browser', a valid replacement for Safari (not all apps get that, it's some paperwork and a criteria checklist with Apple)? Turns out, it did! Both Android and iOS phones will recognize Leash as a browser, and after installing it, you can disable (or even delete, as for Safari!) your system browser. Opening Leash will bring you to a boring screen, "no entry here". You simply open it from other apps: your camera (QR codes), your messenger and apps (links) or even your home screen by typing a search phrase into the regular "search" field (prominent on Android, pull down for Spotlight search on iOS) on your home screen. It will suggest a web search, and there you go. I've been dogfooding this for weeks now, with one or the other tweaks made in the last days – now it's ready to launch. I hope you like it, let me know! (Business-model-wise, I'm sticking to an ancient principle here, which used to be called 'Buy once'. I know subscriptions are all the hype, but this is about peace of mind, after all. Sorry, no subscription!)
About Leash on Product Hunt
“A low-dopamine browser replacement”
Leash was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #135 on the daily leaderboard. Leash is a mindfulness-oriented browser for iPhone and Android: no address bar, no bookmarks. (Read: No impulse browsing, just opening links from apps, friends, QR codes, and 'lookup' search.) If you uninstalled apps that lure you into doomscrolling, this might be your new browser.
On the analytics side, Leash competes within Android, iOS and Meditation — topics that collectively have 180.3k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Leash performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Leash?
Leash was hunted by Fabian Hemmert. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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