HumaneTube

HumaneTube

Redirects YouTube Videos to a local website to provide you with a humane viewing experience

HumaneTube
What is HumaneTube?
HumaneTube is a Firefox add-on that redirects YouTube videos to a local website, removing distractions like view counts, comments, recommendations, video overlays, and autoplay. Enjoy a humane and rabbit hole-free viewing experience.
Stats
By: stoically
Users: N/A
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2021-07-09)
Creation date: 2020-10-24
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://*.youtube.com/*
  • https://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*
  • https://youtu.be/*
  • https://*.googlevideo.com/*
  • tabs
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 560.41K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

Redirects YouTube Videos to a local website that fetches only Video URLs from YouTube and natively embeds the Video to have a distraction- and rabbit hole-free viewing experience, because we need more humane tech!

Design goals

  • No counts whatsoever (views, (dis)likes, number of comments)
  • No comments
  • No recommendations
  • No video overlays
  • No autoplay
Oh, and yeah, watch "The Social Dilemma", okay?
User reviews
Awesome add-on, great concept - the world needs this. Thanks so much ❤️ Edit: And now even the update to version 0.1.4 fixing download options and some error message. Should keyboard shortcut F for fullscreen be working?
by otto, 2021-07-09
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Safety
Risk impact

HumaneTube is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install HumaneTube if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

HumaneTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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