Less Addictive YouTube
Productivity
browser extension for distraction reduction
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How HN took it
10 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful UI with no distractions
From 3 comments
Nice work. Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less "enjoyable" with no like buttons and reaction…
arlk on HNThis is beautiful. So easy and so clean. Terrific project.
whydoineedthis on HNThis is beautiful, and something I thought about building myself, but I am pretty good at avoiding Youtube suggested videos so I never had a deep incentive. Congrats!
orange_puff on HN
Useful for reducing addictive web footprint
From 2 comments
I'm a big fan of reducing the webs addictive footprint. So thank you for building this, I hope it gains traction :) I've found ublock origin's "picking"-feature quite powerful.…
Ghexor on HNLove it. Browser extensions like yours are one of the few things we have that act as “condom”s to protect us from the nefarious features of these websites that aren’t working in…
ozzyoli on HN
Objections
Existing tools like uBlock Origin filters or DF Tube already do this
From 2 comments
I achieved many of the things this extension does with the following uBlock Origin filters. ```…
gnull on HNThere's already "DF (Distraction Free for) YouTube", which does (almost?) the same and a bit more. Not sure if it's open source and it looks like it's not being maintained but it…
throwamon on HN
Not available on Firefox for Android
From 1 comment
A welcome addition to my desktop, but sadly it is currently unavailable for Firefox on Android, from what I can tell.
cf100clunk on HN
Requests
Option to remove videos entirely
From 1 comment
I think it's missing a "get rid of videos" option.
elcapitan on HN
Ephemeral playlist bar or similar feature
From 1 comment
I just want a ephemeral playlist bar where I can drop videos from all subs without making or adding to another playlist
villgax on HN
Support for TikTok
From 1 comment
Need one for TikTok. please help.
ramoz on HN
Questions
How is the hiding implemented, and do you read YouTube's HTML?
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, what is the typical way of building stuff like this? (will dig into the code but might not understand if very well) Do you have to read the youtube html code to…
orange_puff on HN
Alternatives named
Unhook
From 1 comment
I love those kind of plugins. I myself use Unhook[0], which works really well. [0] - https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/ -…
paulintrognon on HN
DF Tube
From 1 comment
There's already "DF (Distraction Free for) YouTube", which does (almost?) the same and a bit more. Not sure if it's open source and it looks like it's not being maintained but it…
throwamon on HN
uBlock Origin
From 1 comment
Nice work. Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less "enjoyable" with no like buttons and reaction…
arlk on HN
Clickbait Remover
From 1 comment
A less drastic extension is Clickbait Remover. It replaces thumbnails to an actual frame from the video and de-capitalizes titles:…
hawski on HN