StarBlocker / Use cases / News
Block news on Mac, Windows, iPhone* and Android
Block news sites, or only after 5pm
There are thousands of news sites and the feeds do not end. A rule like “no news at home after 5pm” covers all of them, including news that reaches you through Reddit, X or a notification.
Rules you could write
- No news at my apartment after 5pm.
- Fifteen minutes of news a day, none about politics.
A rule is a sentence. StarBlocker's AI reads what is on your screen every few seconds and judges it against the sentence. There is no list to maintain, and a new site is covered the day it appears.
How StarBlocker handles it
Describe the topic, not the sites
A rule about news or politics applies to a newspaper, a subreddit, a TikTok explainer and a live blog the same way. You can exclude your field or your local paper in the same sentence.
Place and time
On at home after five, off at the office. A location rule uses where the device is; a schedule uses the clock.
A small budget
Fifteen minutes a day across every device, then the screen is covered until tomorrow.
Pattern warnings
StarBlocker shows when your blocks cluster and warns you before the hour your own history says is risky.
Every device, one account
- MacStarBlocker for macOS
- WindowsStarBlocker for Windows
- iPhoneStarBlocker for iOS
- AndroidStarBlocker for Android
* On iPhone, StarBlocker judges everything you do in Safari. It cannot see inside other apps: those can be blocked or time-limited, but not judged.
Questions
Will it block news I need for work?
Write the exception into the rule, scope the rule to evenings or home, or give it a time limit instead of a ban.
Does it work on Reddit and X?
Yes. The AI judges what is on screen, so a political thread on Reddit is news if your rule says news is blocked, and a hobby thread is not.
Does it block news apps on my phone?
On Android the screen is judged. On iPhone, Safari is judged and a named news app can be blocked outright or time-limited; iOS does not let an app see inside another app.
Can I set it for evenings only?
Yes. A schedule on the rule turns it on and off at the times you choose, every day or on chosen days.
Related
One rule, every device.
Sign up, write a rule, and install StarBlocker on each device.
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