Reviews of Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing

By: Freedom Add-on

List of user reviews and ratings for Pause - Stop Mindless Browsing

Total ratings

4.00 (Rating count: 18)

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Review summary

Users appreciate Pause for its simple, gentle nudges that help build self-control over mindless browsing. The add-on is praised for its clean design and easy toggling. However, multiple reviews note drawbacks such as overblocking entire domains like Google, causing disruption to related services, and interruptions every time a new tab or window is opened. Issues with session handling and some ads for subscriptions are also mentioned, highlighting areas that could be improved for a smoother user experience.

Pros

Provides a helpful pause or nudge before accessing distracting sites, aiding self-control and mindfulness.
Simple, aesthetically pleasing interface, and easy to disable temporarily.
Allows users to build their own list of paused sites and customize their browsing experience.
Improves browsing by adding friction without outright blocking, promoting better focus and control.
Works as intended for adding extra friction on mindless websites initially.

Cons

Extension prompts on every new tab or window, leading to excessive waiting time, especially with monitored services.
Blocking 'google.com' inadvertently blocks all Google services (like Gmail, Drive, Docs), which can be disruptive.
No granular control for URLs within the same domain, leading to overblocking (e.g., blocking Google services when only searching is intended).
Issues with pausing pages that were opened before turning Pause on, causing loss of session states like YouTube queues.
Includes promotions for subscription services which some users find annoying.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.10

All time rating average: 4.00

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10% (2)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-06-18	Fi*****

2025-03-29	退出*****

2025-02-19	敬念*****

2024-09-08	Fi*****	Includes an ad for a subscription service. "But you can try for free!" Begone. Enjoy 1 star.
Includes an ad for a subscription service. "But you can try for free!" Begone. Enjoy 1 star.
2024-07-27	Fi*****	I found this tactic to be really annoying for a while but then I started to appreciate the little bit of head space it gave me whenever I opened a new tab or something like that.
I found this tactic to be really annoying for a while but then I started to appreciate the little bit of head space it gave me whenever I opened a new tab or something like that.
2022-12-23	Ga*****	Gan Jing World is a clean, curated universe and a dynamic, overlapping network of integrated platforms and services. ==> https://www.ganjing.com
Gan Jing World is a clean, curated universe and a dynamic, overlapping network of integrated platforms and services. ==> https://www.ganjing.com
2022-06-04	Mu*****	Helpful at first, but the extension interrupts every window or tab spawned by a monitored service as if it is the first one. I sometimes feel I have spent a large portion of my allotted time waiting on the Pause green butterfly. If you are setting up a new account at a business site that uses, say, Twitter for authentication, the tiny window that pops up gives you the green butterfly instead of the form you need.
Helpful at first, but the extension interrupts every window or tab spawned by a monitored service as if it is the first one. I sometimes feel I have spent a large portion of my allotted time waiting on the Pause green butterfly. If you are setting up a new account at a business site that uses, say, Twitter for authentication, the tiny window that pops up gives you the green butterfly instead of the form you need.
2021-11-05	Vi*****	Would love to give this extension 5 stars! But please look into the issue of Blocking "google.com" seems to block all the google services along with the search page. (Example: gmail.com, google drive etc.)
Would love to give this extension 5 stars! But please look into the issue of Blocking "google.com" seems to block all the google services along with the search page. (Example: gmail.com, google drive etc.)
2021-10-20	Bf*****

2021-08-16	Mi*****