Focus: YouTube Simplified

This is not YouTube as entertainment, it is YouTube as a tool.

Extension stats

Users: 557 ▲ 9
Rating: 4.86 (7)
Version: 1.7.4 (Last updated: 2024-04-15)
Creation date: 2023-11-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 8.23K

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Extension summary

If you find yourself spending too much time on YouTube, enjoy this stripped-back version of the site. Focus for YouTube is free of the infamous algorithm and boasts a clean, simple interface - you won't spend long here. This is not YouTube as entertainment, it is YouTube as a tool.

Features:

  • clean, minimal interface
  • removed sidebar menus
  • removed recommendations
  • removed YouTube shorts
  • removed subscriptions
  • removed comment creation
  • disabled channel links
  • removed search suggestions

Credit:

  • development by Aadam Gafar

User reviews

so far so good, get the job done
by 吳泇佑(Avery), 2024-10-28

by Javed Anwar, 2024-09-26

Really good. Suggestions: Need to allow for saving video to a playlist and also allow me to see my playlists.
by Angelo Nicolson, 2024-09-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Focus: YouTube Simplified requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Focus: YouTube Simplified has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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