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24 alternatives to Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin
Cross-browser plugin to remove addictive features on YT like thumbnails, comments, & previews - AlexisDrain/Less-Addictive-YouTube
Less Addictive YouTube is a cross-browser plugin that modifies the YouTube experience to reduce compulsive usage. Launched in 2021, it removes or hides features designed to encourage endless watching, such as autoplay… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Youtube Detox▲125Distraction-free Youtube search
2019 · youtubedetox.skynox.tech · its alternatives →
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YT Unsubscriber▲180Unsubscribe all your YouTube subscriptions with one click
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Since Youtube no longer allows AdBlockers, I built my own extension to get around their video ads. If there is an ad it temporarily manipulates the video; Mutes the volume, sets speed to 10x, and skips it if there is a button. Chrome Webstore link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ad-accelerator/gpbo... Code: https://github.com/rkk3/ad-accelerator
2023 · its alternatives →
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featured extension for YouTube workflows. Contribute to inversepolarity/ZYT development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · tube.quinzel.tech · its alternatives →
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Reclaim your time. A minimalist YouTube experience.
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Remove YouTube recommendations, comments, and more
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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NoSuggest is a quiet act of resistance against YouTube algorithms always trying to pull you into a loop of unlimited videos in turn into unlimited screen time. With unending side cards of videos, auto-play, what's next suggestions, YouTube shorts and notifications, users will be doom scrolling for many hours in a day. I faced the same problem. Acknowledging that, not all content in YouTube is bad. There are educational videos, genuine news contents without political bias which is very hard to find outside YouTube and many other good relaxing, entertainment stuff. NoSuggest lets you only…
Jun 2026 · nosuggest.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I recently released a new browser extension for YouTube, which in addition to the table stakes of hiding the existence of Shorts, hiding promoted content, automatically skipping ads, hiding useless/unused UI elements, hiding unwanted channels YouTube keeps recommending to you, letting you hide algorithmic suggestions etc. etc., makes other changes I've always wanted as a user, in the same vein as one of my other extensions, Control Panel for Twitter. The most significant of those is attempting to make your Subscriptions page more like an Inbox, by hiding videos you've already…
2024 · its alternatives →
- 11IB
I built Watchlist to solve a problem that's been nagging at me (and I suspect many others): YouTube's addictive nature and its impact on productivity. The Problem: YouTube is an incredible source of knowledge, but its homepage is an unending scroll of rabbit holes. The algorithm is designed to maximize watch time, often at the expense of our intentions and productivity. I found myself wasting hours, jumping from video to video, and then blaming myself for the lack of self-control. The Solution: Watchlist! Watchlist is essentially YouTube playlists on steroids. Here's how it works: 1. Create…
2024 · watchlist.so · its alternatives →
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A more productive way to watch videos online
2024 · bsodoge.github.io · its alternatives →
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Consume Youtube as Text and Get Back Your Productive Time
2025 · ytdetox.live · its alternatives →
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Remove Shorts videos from YouTube
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · beta.echotu.be · its alternatives →
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Download YouTube Search Fixer for Firefox. Remove ALL distracting search results, redirect shorts back to legacy page and try little visual changes suited for low resolution screens.
2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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BW_BROWSER▲62"Block" addicting websites by graying them out 🤫
2020 · bwbrowser.com · its alternatives →
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Dopamine Detox for YouTube. Search, watch & leave. Save time
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I've been trying to minimize my compulsive browsing of social media for a while, and tried a bunch of extensions and apps to block websites and such, but always ended up disabling them even if they were supposed to be "hard to disable". The fact is that sometimes you need to visit reddit for some info, but you don't want to get caught in an addictive loop. Disabling entire hostnames or trying to configure intricate block lists is annoying, and the end result is annoying. Parental controls don't work on me, and I resent them. I remembered what Tristan Harris once said on ways to prevent…
2023 · its alternatives →
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Reclaim your control over YouTube.
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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