YouTube Blocker

Notifies you if you watch too many YouTube videos! Helps you close your YouTube tabs and get back to work.

YouTube Blocker: Stay Productive, Limit YouTube Usage!

YouTube Blocker is a Chrome extension designed to assist in maintaining productivity by monitoring your YouTube usage. It sends notifications if you've been spending too much time watching YouTube videos, and encourages you to close your tabs and get back to work. The users can customize the kind of notification messages they receive, with options between motivational messages or profane versions. The extension has been improved to identify YouTube video pages more efficiently, offering better user experience.

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By: michael.hsiu.dev

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.11

(18)

Version: 1.6 (Last updated: 2018-10-29)

Creation date: 2018-10-29

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
storage

Size: 16.33K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 24,105 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

It works perfectly fine when it does work.
Helpful for controlling YouTube usage
Good concept for limiting video watching

Cons

Stops working after a short period of time
Cannot block YouTube entirely; requires watching a minimum of 3 videos
Inconsistent performance; sometimes does nothing when activated

Most mentioned

Stops working after one day
Cannot completely block YouTube
Works well initially but has execution issues

User reviews

Works as intended for the first day, but then it stopped. I've tried every variation from "/c/, /user/, to, /channel/". I've also tried finding the channel's original name or one of its alternative URLs. It would also be nice if this worked on playlists too.

Jacob Godspeed, 2022-01-11

It works perfectly fine. Problem is that it has swears, my child reads them and may start using them

Techno Aadvik Official, 2021-06-12

Good idea but very poor execution You cannot block youtube, you have to set minimum 3 videos a day (why!!!) But even bigger problem is when you close youtube tab and open again you can watch 3 videos again. You could do that all day. Pls give him one star as stupidity like this cannot be tolerated. He littler the Internet with that extension.

BigTree, 2019-12-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

YouTube Blocker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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