Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Section Blocker
It pull you out from the Youtube world to the real world.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Section Blocker launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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YouTube™ content blocker. Contribute to amitbl/blocktube development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Block youtube ads, text, popup videos automatically
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Remove Shorts videos from YouTube
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos.
2019 · sponsor.ajay.app · its alternatives →
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Block all ads and sponsorships in YouTube videos using AI
2023 · pureblock.app · its alternatives →
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Youtube Shorts are pure evil. It just distract me whenever I open Youtube, I'll always waste my time in it and forget why I opened it. So I made a extension for myself and it works well, Still there is no improvement in my productivity but I'm not distracted. I made it for myself and personally using it, if you like you can use it too. I made it open-source, if you like it give a star -Vick
2025 · chromewebstore.google.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 →
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- 10TY
2021 · fuckoff.yt · its alternatives →
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Block distracting content instantly with single click
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I am neurodivergent and noticed the Youtube Shorts format was hacking my brain to engage longer than I wanted. I wrote this quick extension to gain my time back. If you have suggestions for improvement, I'm all ears. Thank you :)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built SkipCut it’s like an ad-free, distraction-free YouTube with useful extras: background play, SponsorBlock, dark mode, playlist support, local history, download/share buttons… and it works on any device. No install. No login. Here’s the best part: It works just by replacing "youtube" with "skipcut" in the video link. You skip all the boring stuff — ads, sponsors, intros, silence, filler and just watch what matters. Why it’s different: No comments. No suggested videos. No clickbait. I made this for my kid, I create a playlist and just send a SkipCut link like:…
2025 · skipcut.com · its alternatives →
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Block (Some) YouTube Pre-Roll Video Ads. Contribute to KyleBenzle/DotYouTube development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Me and my brother made an undetectable YouTube adblocker that doesn't get detected by Youtube (yet). Would love to hear what you guys think!
2023 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Frame Buster▲14Stop content hijackers from placing ADs over your content.
2016 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →
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I'm a solo dev. A few years ago, I got addicted to Reddit. Spent months in that loop. Being a programmer, I thought I'd be clever. Redirected Reddit's domain to nowhere in my DNS file. Worked great until I'd just... open the file and undo it 20 minutes later. So I made it irreversible. Locked the DNS file so it can't be edited unless I boot my Mac in safe mode. And if I do that, there's a script that instantly locks it again. Haven't used Reddit since last year. Problem solved, right? Wrong. I just replaced Reddit with Twitch and YouTube. Started keeping streams running in the background…
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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hide ads, avoid tracking, load pages faster, fight procrast
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Block annoying ads on video streaming and websites instantly
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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One click fix for the same-ole boring content.
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Crowdsourced extension to block sponsor segments on YouTube
2019 · sponsor.ajay.app · its alternatives →
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Remove Shorts from your device. Save your Time
2025 · shorts-blocker.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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