Description
Allow yourself to focus while using YouTube™ for work, recreation or education.
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Ranking Summary
Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Browser History" Keyword
"Break" Keyword
"Youtube" Keyword
"Video Ads" Keyword
"Store" Keyword
"Settings" Keyword
"Remove" Keyword
"Privacy" Keyword
"Permissions" Keyword
"Good" Keyword
"Feedback" Keyword
"Free" Keyword
Review Summary
DF Tube is highly praised for enabling distraction-free, focused YouTube usage by hiding ads, recommendations, and other distractions. Users find it invaluable for productivity, study, and reducing time wasted. However, it is no longer actively maintained, leading to compatibility issues and inability to block newer YouTube features like Shorts. Chrome has flagged or tried to disable the extension, causing concern among users and prompting some to seek alternatives or workarounds. Despite this, many still thank the developer and consider it the best tool for a cleaner YouTube experience.
Pros
- Helps users stay focused and productive by removing distractions on YouTube such as recommended videos and autoplay.
- Provides a clean, minimalistic, and distraction-free YouTube experience.
- Highly appreciated for blocking distracting content including ads, comments, shorts, and recommended videos, making YouTube more usable especially for studying or work.
- Allows users to regain control over YouTube usage, reducing time wasted on endless recommendations and rabbit holes.
- Still usable despite Chrome's attempts to disable it, with workarounds available to continue usage.
Cons
- Extension is outdated and no longer maintained, leading to some features not working properly (e.g., blocking Shorts).
- Google Chrome is warning users to remove the extension due to policy compliance issues, creating uncertainty about its future availability.
- Google actively blocks or disables the extension to protect its ad revenue from distraction-free browsing.
- Some users found the extension became inactive with the new Chrome Manifest v3 policies and had to look for alternatives.
- Lack of updates means the extension may not be fully compatible with YouTube's updated layout and features.
Permissions
This extension can:
- https://api.mailgun.net/*
- storage
- tabs
Additional Information
1.13.504
November 20, 2019
0.08 MB
en
Developer Information
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