Anticipation for YouTube and Twitch

Hides YouTube & Twitch video lengths, progress bar, & times of related videos to prevent spoilers - very useful for sports videos

What is Anticipation for YouTube and Twitch?

Anticipation for YouTube and Twitch is a remarkable Chrome extension that hides video lengths, progress bars and the times of related videos on the webpage to help maintain the suspense in sports, esports or competition videos. It is specifically beneficial for watching Tennis, Boxing, League of Legends, Super Smash Brothers, Counter-Strike, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, DOTA, etc. It purposely prevents the user from knowing how much time is left in a video, thereby preventing spoilers.

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By: Krish Masand

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.50 (58)

Version: 1.1.0.8 (Last updated: 2018-01-19)

Creation date: 2018-01-19

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*.youtube.com/*
https://*.youtube.com/*
https://*.twitch.tv/*
http://*.twitch.tv/*
https://vods.co/*
http://vods.co/*
https://sf.vods.co/*
http://sf.vods.co/*

Size: 273.41K

Ranking

# 19810 ▼ 66

Other rankings

#791 in Just for Fun ▲ 2 #227 in youtube keyword 82 ▲ 29 #253 in sport keyword 5 ▲ 3 #281 in sports keyword 12 ▲ 4

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Anticipation hides the video time and progress bar on Youtube and Twitch VODs, along with the times of related videos on the page, so the user does not know how much time is left in a video.

Anticipation is useful when watching sports, esports, or other types of competitions when the amount of time left might give away the result of the sport, match, or competition.

Examples of sports and esports where Anticipation is useful: Tennis, Boxing, League of Legends, Super Smash Brothers, Counter-Strike, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, DOTA

The screenshots shown show Anticipation being used with LoL, CS:GO, and Super Smash Bros videos.

User reviews

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Pros

Improves YouTube experience by hiding video lengths and spoilers
Perfect for watching VoDs without knowing the result
Easy to use
Great for watching esports tournaments
Appreciated for its functionality on YouTube

Cons

Not fully functional on Twitch (progress bar visibility)
Causes dropped frames
No customization options or temporary disable feature
Requires reinstallation to reset functionality
Buggy with arrow key seeking on Twitch

Most mentioned

Issues with Twitch functionality
Desire for an on/off switch
Dropped frames
Improvement to YouTube experience
No spoilers for live events

User reviews

Easy to use and great feature. Allows me to watch sports games like badminton without knowing the overall length of the matches ( which would tell you who is the winner after the first match)