From the makers of Hidden Value

What is your scrolling really costing you?

Not the time. The opportunity. Drag two sliders and watch the real price climb — in money you'll never compound, and years you'll never get back.

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Hours you lose to it, per day 2.0hrs
Your hour is worth
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Your age
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Currency
The money
You'd call it $29,200 a year. That's the small number.
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If you'd invested that money instead of burning the hours, it would be worth this much by the time you retire.

Assumes you invest each year's lost earnings at a 7%/yr real return until age 65.

The time
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of your waking life, gone to the feed before you ever reach retirement.

Counted in 16-hour waking days between now and age 65.

Already lived Equal to your scrolling Life left

Every square is one week of an 80-year life. The red block is how many weeks of pure waking time your habit adds up to — if you keep it up for the rest of your life.

What that time could have been
The verdict
measured at whatitcostyou.com
So what do you do about it
You already knew scrolling was a problem. Knowing was never the problem.
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You just saw what a year costs. Now imagine that number climbing live — every second you're on the site, measured against the one goal you actually care about. Would you think twice before opening the tab?
A real-time cost counter, tied to your goal
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The biggest companies on earth pay addiction scientists to make that hit frictionless — one tap, instant. The price is too low. What if it went up just enough to make you pause?
A friction screen before the site loads
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Your best shot at leaving is in the first minute, before autopilot takes over. What if something tapped your shoulder right then — "worth it?" — with a one-click way out, and a small win when you take it?
A 1-minute check-in, rewarded when you leave
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And when you're ten videos deep with your brain switched off? A full-stop moment that shows you exactly what this is costing you, right now.
A wake-up intervention mid-scroll
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For the times you genuinely can't stop, it closes the tab and locks the site. Keep coming back, and it locks it longer — enough to break the loop.
Auto-close with an escalating cooldown

You've tried blockers. You turned them off — because turning them off is easy, and the second you do, the dopamine's right there, bigger than ever from the wait. A wall doesn't change you. It just delays you.

Hidden Value isn't a wall. It's just enough friction to make you ask "is this worth it?" — until one day you stop needing to ask, because it already doesn't feel worth it. It doesn't block the dopamine. It stops the source from owning you.

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