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Hide YouTube Thumbnails
Hide YouTube Thumbnails for less clickbaity browsing
What is Hide YouTube Thumbnails?
'Hide YouTube Thumbnails' is a Firefox add-on that enhances your YouTube browsing experience by hiding potentially distracting or inappropriate video thumbnails. The add-on provides customization options including temporarily disabling the hide function, blurring thumbnails instead of hiding them, or showing thumbnails on hover or in certain pages like search results, playlists, and watch pages. It's perfect for creating a focused environment when studying or working, avoiding spoilers in video content, or ensuring safer browsing for educators and students.
Stats
By:
domdomegg
Creation date:
2019-04-12
Weekly download count:
77
Firefox on Android:
Yes
Risk impact:
Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version:
3
Permissions:
- storage
Size:
31.59K
URLs:
Website
Stats date:
Chrome-Stats Rank
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2436
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Summary
Simply hides thumbnails on YouTube to have a more peaceful and less distracting browsing experience. Also useful for avoiding spoilers or inappropriate imagery.
Options available:
- Temporarily turn off hiding
- Blur rather than hide thumbnails
- Show thumbnails on hover
- Show thumbnails on search results / playlist / watch pages
This extsion could also be descibed as blocking YouTube thumbnails on videos, disabling YouTube thumbnails on videos, blurring YouTube thumbnails on videos. People have found it useful for:
- Hiding distracting or inappropriate YouTube thumbnails in class when teaching students
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to reduce distraction and procrastination when studying or working
- Hiding YouTube thumbnails to avoid spoilers in the video
User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated.
Pros
- Helps with intentional clicking
- Works well in hiding thumbnails
- Useful for avoiding clickbait or disturbing images
Cons
- Some users reported issues with the 'hide unless hovering' option
- Limited options for customizing thumbnail appearance
Most mentioned
- Works well in hiding thumbnails
- Useful for avoiding clickbait or disturbing images
Recent reviews
by
Yuri M., 2024-04-23
by
Yuri M., 2024-04-23
Great add-on. It sadly doesn't work anymore tho. I wish it was updated.
by
Texon, 2024-03-29
Safety
Risk impact
Hide YouTube Thumbnails may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Hide YouTube Thumbnails is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.
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