Smart YouTube Blocker Chrome Extension Analysis
Niche Lifestyle & Gaming HacksChrome extension ID: dljpdencpenokgdjiemdejjiohjoopaj
Smart YouTube Blocker is an extension designed to mitigate YouTube's addictive properties. It allows users to filter content, limit viewing time, and redirect the YouTube homepage to more productive destinations.
Overview
Installs
1K+
Rating
★ 4.0
20 reviews
Languages
1 locales
Includes English
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Niche Lifestyle & Gaming Hacks
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The product is positioned as a tool for managing YouTube consumption by blocking specific channels and keywords. It emphasizes control through custom scheduling and password protection to prevent impulsive changes to settings.
Inferred product pattern
A digital wellbeing utility focused on content control and usage scheduling.
Review-backed pain points
Users report that keyword blocking often fails to function on the YouTube homepage or sidebar, working primarily in search results. Additionally, keyword matching is reported to be case-sensitive.
Observed feature gaps
Users have expressed a desire for improved sidebar and endscreen recommendation filtering, as well as mobile device support.
- Students
- Remote Workers
- Individuals seeking digital wellbeing
- Blocking distracting YouTube channels
- Filtering specific topics via keyword blocking
- Setting usage schedules to limit watch time
- Effective channel blocking
- Powerful scheduling features
- Responsive customer support
- Convenient right-click blocking
- Inconsistent keyword blocking in certain UI areas
- Unintended homepage redirection
- Keyword sensitivity issues
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing information or friction is mentioned in the provided data.
Support
No support complaints were identified; in fact, users highlighted outstanding customer support.
Reliability
Users reported reliability issues where the keyword blocker does not trigger on the home page or sidebar.
Privacy
No privacy or security complaints were observed.
- No clear monetization signal
- No clear access signal
- No clear pricing signal
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 5
- Videos: 1
- Languages: 1
- Developer contact
- Version: 0.1.33
- Size: 218KiB
- Last updated:
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