Insight Timer was once a peaceful escape from the noise, distractions, and overstimulation of everyday life. A place to slow down, turn inward, and find stillness.

But increasingly, Insight Timer is becoming exactly what we came there to escape.

The growing emphasis on video content, particularly the autoplaying promotional trailers on the Live page, makes the app feel more like Instagram than a meditation platform.

We already have countless platforms competing for our attention with videos, promotions, and endless stimulation. We don't need another one.

Meditation is about being present, reducing stimulation, and reconnecting with ourselves. The app's design should reflect those principles.

We are asking Insight Timer to:

• Stop autoplaying promotional videos, especially when browsing Live sessions.
• Stop requiring teachers to create promotional video trailers for Live sessions.
• Stop prioritizing video content over simple, accessible meditation experiences.
• Restore the calm, welcoming, distraction-free interface that made Insight Timer special.
• Keep video and social features optional rather than central to the experience.

We appreciate the teachers, content, and community that make Insight Timer valuable. We simply don't want to lose what made it different.

Insight Timer should be a refuge from the attention economy, not another participant in it.

Please keep Insight Timer a place to disconnect from the noise, not another source of it.