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Because there are other options like switching off one tab when you start video in another tab, overlay if you scroll down, default quality (I have to be on 144p because of bandwidth constraints)

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rasz | karma 10695 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2024-05-27 10:17:19

Same with YT. Use https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions exclusively

vatueil | karma 1108 | avg karma 4.36 · | 2018-05-11 20:14:03+00:00

As a website YouTube probably doesn't have much interest in working on client-based tools, especially not for a niche audience. Though I do wish they would at least give even logged-in users a way to block channels.

There are browser add-ons that can block channels or certain keywords:

- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-blocker/

- Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-blocker/jknk...

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PartiallyTyped | karma 2658 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2022-09-09 16:03:21

FWIW there's an addon [1] that can help with this.

[1] https://www.returnyoutubedislike.com

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christianmann | karma 198 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2013-08-18 21:42:07+00:00

The solution I employ is Click2Plugin, native to Chrome and an extension to Firefox (and Safari?). I have it enabled on everything but Youtube.

notsahil | karma 179 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2022-10-28 11:15:43

You can try Invidious it's an open source alternative front-end to YouTube. https://docs.invidious.io/instances/

haraball | karma 870 | avg karma 5.37 · | 2021-11-17 10:03:47

Youtube is painful to use without certain add-ons for me. For this specific issue I'm happy using "Clickbait remover for youtube": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem...

Another good one is "DF YouTube (Distraction Free)": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/

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Phlogistique | karma 273 | avg karma 4.01 · | 2020-10-15 15:25:29+00:00

I use this extension for Firefox, which does the job pretty well: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub...

pndy | karma 1915 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2019-06-18 17:25:15+00:00

I'm not certainly sure if this helps but there's youtube front-end interface: https://www.invidio.us/

olex | karma 817 | avg karma 4.59 · | 2012-05-31 21:42:17+00:00

I use Proxtube (https://proxtube.com/) to circumvent those blocks. Works quite reliably. Youtube is so much better when I can see all of it.

bane | karma 53753 | avg karma 4.99 · | 2013-09-24 21:50:05

I deal with this by using the Chrome extension "YouTube Options" [1]. It takes a bit to setup, but it works pretty well by filtering out various fluff crap like comments, increasing the video size etc.

1 - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-options/bd...

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