# DoomScrollBlock

> Redirects away from YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `doomscrollblock`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** that human
- **Category:** social-communication,tabs,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 35
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-21
- **First published:** 2025-07-18
- **Size:** 8.62 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/doomscrollblock/)

## Description

Prevents the use of YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, by redirecting to the home pages of the respective sites. there is not a way to 'temporarly disabable' the filter (other then disabeling the entire add-on

## Rankings

- #19,159 — Overall
- #125 — scroll
- #231 — instagram

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/doomscrollblock)