# Deviation

> Redirect all YouTube URLs to alternative frontends

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/deviation](https://chrome-stats.com/d/deviation)

## Overview

- **ID:** `deviation`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mitrouille
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-18
- **First published:** 2023-10-18
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/deviation/)

## Description

Use the SHIFT + Click shortcut on a YouTube video link to open it with a piped instance of "https://piped.viedo" by default.

Don't forget to give permission on YouTube, I forgot, this will be fixed in a future version.

## Rankings

- #96,815 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `scripting`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/deviation)