Deleted the popular one

Monospace note typed out character by character on a dark strip. Stages: “I deleted Instagram for 30 days and here's what happened.” You can show the proof within the first beat or two. Fits lines like “I deleted every app but five and here's what happened.”.

Open my video with this hook: "Deleted the popular one" from the 24fps video editor library.
Preset JSON: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/hooks/deleted-the-popular-one/preset.json (pass its "preset" to the engine).
Engine (MIT, no dependencies, ES module): https://24fps.dev/editor/engine.js. Download the engine next to your page (curl -O) rather than importing cross-origin, then import { mount } from "./engine.js" in a <script type="module"> served over http.
Wiring: root = a position:relative box at the video's size. media = { main }: main is a wrapper holding my video, filling the root. Then const fx = mount(root, { kind: "text", preset, media }) and call fx.render(seconds) every frame. The preset runs 4s from t = 0; offset t to place it later. It is seek-safe: drive it from the GSAP timeline in HyperFrames or call render(frame / fps) in Remotion. Before capturing frames, await (fx.ready ?? document.fonts.ready). Check it on my footage: if text is hidden behind the subject or doesn't read against my colours, nudge the layer positions or colours.
Replace the demo text with mine: set preset.layers[n].text (use \n for line breaks); if none given, write lines that fit my footage and tell me.
Hook formula: I deleted [popular tool] and here's what happened.
Field reference: https://24fps.dev/video-editor/llms.txt. Keep sizes as fractions of the frame height so it works at any resolution. Credit: 24fps.dev/video-editor
Formula
I deleted [popular tool] and here's what happened.
Example lines
I deleted Instagram for 30 days and here's what happened. · I deleted every app but five and here's what happened. · I deleted my streaming subscriptions and here's what happened. · I deleted half my wardrobe and here's what happened.
Beats
0.0s Mono label 'uninstall.exe' fades in at the left edge. → 0.1s 'I deleted Instagram for 30 days and here's what happened' types out letter by letter. → 1.4s Finger holding an app icon until it jiggles, tap on delete; click-clack sound on the typed line.
Technique
Bold claim + proof hook: Lead with a specific, slightly provocative result and promise to show it.
Footage
Man talking and gesturing, Pexels

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