terms for using dimmer

these terms cover dimmer: the Chrome extension, the optional account, the emails it sends, the waitlists, pro codes and this website. by using any of them you agree to these terms. how we handle your data is on theprivacy page.

what dimmer is

• dimmer makes the sites you choose gray, slower and harder to open, and lets a friend keep you honest. it never blocks a site: you can always keep going.
• dimmer is free. pro, which adds more, isn’t on sale yet.
• turning dimmer up applies at once. turning it down waits 24 hours, so a weak moment doesn’t undo it. that’s on purpose, and it’s part of what you’re agreeing to.

your account

• sign in only with an email address that’s yours.
• keep your sign-in codes to yourself. anyone with one can use your account until it expires.
• you can stop using dimmer any time, and ask us to delete your account at hello@usedimmer.com.

your partner and your promise

• invite only someone you know, who you think would want to hear how it’s going. they decide whether to say yes.
• your partner gets short emails about your week and your promise, never which pages you visit. they can stop them any time.
• your promise is your own words. don’t put anything in it you wouldn’t want your partner to read.

the waitlists

• joining either waitlist is free and doesn’t commit you to anything.
• you can leave any time with the link in any of our emails.
• the pro waitlist gets the founding price when pro goes on sale: $29 a year for the first500 people, kept for as long as they keep pro. the terms for buying pro will be shown before anyone pays.

pro codes

• we hand out codes ourselves, by hand. nothing in dimmer gives one out automatically.
• a code gives pro for the time it says, or for good. if you already have pro, it runs to whichever date is later, so a code never shortens it.
• each account can use a code once. a code can have a last day and a limit on how many accounts use it.
• codes have no cash value and can’t be sold or swapped for money. a code that was sold or shared publicly may be switched off.
• pro ends on its date, without the 24-hour wait: that wait is for changing your own settings, not for pro ending.

feedback

• feedback goes to the person who builds dimmer, and we read all of it.
• if you share an idea, we may use it, without owing you anything for it.
• we never offer a code or anything else in exchange for a review or a rating.

using dimmer fairly

• please don’t try to break, overload or misuse dimmer or this website, or sign other people up for anything.
• the demo feed on the home page is placeholder photos and made-up posts. it isn’t a real feed or a real account.

no promises

dimmer is offered as it is, without guarantees. it’s a nudge, not a lock: it can’t promise to change your habits, and a site that changes its pages may slip past it for a while. we’re not responsible for what you do on the sites you visit.

changes

if these terms change, we’ll update this page and the date at the top before the change applies.

contact

questions go to hello@usedimmer.com.