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 is growing! We’re happy to announce that we’ve opened a new position of Marketing Content Lead. In this role, you’ll be working with our marketing and product teams to guide our content strategy. You’ll work on things like the amazing Freedom blog, create content and educational materials for our apps, and help guide the…
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…
We’ve been tracking the release of Apple’s Screen Time product pretty closely – and not just for the obvious reasons. Screen Time, which helps people manage phone addiction, was released with iOS 12 and is now available to iOS users. So far, the reviews have been positive – with many pointing out there is much…
Steven Melendez of Fast Company has written a detailed piece on Freedom’s removal from the App Store. We’re glad to see coverage of this issue – and to see the article picked up by MacObserver and CNET’s The Download. Melendez writes: Users of the Durham, North Carolina, company’s desktop and smartphone apps or browser extensions…
