Disable Autoplay for YouTube™ Chrome Extension Analysis
Automation & Workflow EfficiencyChrome extension ID: dinkeiniijmpjehejhedbciaedblhnnk
This browser extension provides users with manual control over YouTube's default autoplay behavior. It includes configurations to manage playback state, support for embedded videos, and optional settings for handling video behavior when tabs are switched or focused.
Overview
Installs
20K+
Rating
★ 3.1
215 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Automation & Workflow Efficiency
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
High review signal
Listing positioning
The extension is positioned as a lightweight tool to prevent YouTube videos from automatically playing upon opening. It provides an ON/OFF toggle and specific options to either stop loading entirely or pause playback, with additional settings for tab-focused behavior.
Inferred product pattern
Single-utility browser automation tool for media content control.
Review-backed pain points
Users frequently report that the extension stops working randomly after installation, fails to load videos correctly when the block is toggled, and conflicts with existing YouTube features like specific timestamped URLs.
Observed feature gaps
Lack of reliable compatibility with modern YouTube updates, potential conflicts with ad blockers, and issues with the extension's UI not always successfully unblocking a paused video.
- YouTube users
- Browser power users
- Students and researchers
- Preventing YouTube video auto-playback
- Managing video buffering on page load
- Controlling video state based on tab focus
- Initial effectiveness at blocking autoplay
- Simple toggle interface
- Inconsistent performance
- Interference with YouTube share links (time stamps)
- Breaking standard YouTube functionality
- Incompatibility with other extensions
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing friction; the extension is presented as a free tool.
Support
Users express frustration regarding the lack of effectiveness and perceived abandonment of updates, though no specific support request failure is detailed.
Reliability
High incidence of reliability complaints; users report the extension frequently breaks YouTube functionality or simply ceases to perform its primary function.
Privacy
No specific privacy or security concerns identified in the review sample.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 2
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Official website
- Version: 0.1.4
- Size: 37.86KiB
- Last updated:
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Website: mybrowseraddon.com
