A call to our amazing community of creatives – we’d like to support your creative endeavors. Please read on for more information. One of the most inspiring things about building Freedom is hearing about what you’ve created with Freedom. Your books, movies, TV scripts, podcasts, research, entrepreneurial ventures – and so much more – keep…
Freedom Software Engineer Adis Hasović overcame burnout, finding a new career and new work philosophy along the way As I sit and enjoy the sun that I haven’t seen for so long, and the company of friends I haven’t seen for longer, I’m reminded of what freedom really means. It’s those extra days where we…
At Freedom, we have paused our communications as events unfolded following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We watched with a heavy heart, not wanting to dilute an important conversation with messaging from a brand. But it has become clear that being quiet is a privilege in itself, and we can not in good conscience…
At Freedom, we are inspired by the collaboration in the scientific community, and by the work of first responders and medical professionals worldwide in dealing with COVID-19. In addition to the stresses of the pandemic, we are in an unprecedented time of information overload, which is affecting our ability to work and our general wellbeing.…
Like many of you, the team at Freedom has been playing close attention to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. Our hearts are with everyone affected by this disease in ways large and small. As a company, we’ve been affected in the expected ways – lockdowns, school closures – and we’ve focused on ways to ease…
Freedom now supports website blocking on devices running Chrome OS (Chromebooks) and Linux operating systems. We do this with the new Freedom Chrome extension, available through the Chrome Store. What does this mean? Chromebooks and Linux devices now are devices in the Freedom “ecosystem,” just like Mac, Windows, iOS or Android devices. This ecosystem (or…
The most effective way to study or do deep work is to focus on one thing at a time. Freedom’s Block All Except feature helps you to do just that.
Update: In Summer 2018, around the time Apple launched the Screen Time product, Apple removed Freedom and other Digital Wellbeing apps from the App Store. After investigative reporting by the New York Times, and anti-trust investigations by numerous regulatory agencies, Apple reversed their decision and allowed Freedom back into the App Store. While the information in this post…
