Merlin
Better Subscriptions for Youtube™

Better Subscriptions for Youtube™

This plugin for Firefox aims to make navigating YouTube's subscription grid easier by allowing users to hide watched videos. Github: https://github.com/OsaSoft/youtube-better-subscriptions

What is Better Subscriptions for Youtube™?
Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ is a powerful Firefox addon that brings a new layer of convenience to your YouTube experience. By adding a checkbox to the YouTube Subscription Feed, this plugin allows you to choose whether or not watched videos appear in your feed. It features automatic hiding of videos once you start watching them, hiding of premieres until they're watchable, hiding of empty sections, and many more for a streamlined YouTube navigation experience.
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By: OsaSoft
Users: 513 ▼ -4
Rating: 4.05 (40)
Version: 0.19.0 (Last updated: 2023-10-02)
Creation date: 2017-08-24
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 125.79K
URLs: Website
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This plugin adds a checkbox to the YouTube Subscription Feed that allows users to toggle whether or not they want watched videos to show up in the feed. The aim of this is to make navigating the subscription feed much easier and intuitive.

Current features:

  • Hide videos that are marked as WATCHED in Subscription feed, YT Home and Channel Videos page
  • Mark videos as WATCHED to hide them from feed
  • Mark all as WATCHED
  • Hide videos in subscription feed automatically, once you start watching them
  • Hide Premieres until they are available to watch
  • Hide Shorts
  • Hide empty sections (Today, Yesterday, Last Week, etc)
  • Collapse sections to navigate to older videos more easily
  • Show videos that have been hidden
  • When hidden videos are shown, unmark videos as WATCHED to show them in feed again
  • Settings page with configurable options
If you find any bugs or want to request new features, or if you want to contribute to the project, you're more than welcome to do so via Github: https://github.com/OsaSoft/youtube-better-subscriptions You can also reach out to me via Twitter: https://twitter.com/Osa_Soft

For full changelog check see the extension install/update page or on GitHub.

Also available for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/better-subscriptions-for/fkchdogohkjpnhfkganifkbbjcjofbjf

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Useful in hiding watched videos from subscription box
  • Helps in collapsing sections for easier navigation
  • Able to mark videos as watched
Cons
  • Sometimes the extension does not load
  • In some cases all videos are hidden or none at all
  • Buttons are often duplicated
Most mentioned
  • Issues with hiding watched videos
  • Problems with buttons such as them being duplicated, missing or not working
  • Desire for added features, such as hiding videos based on age and marking videos for watching later
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Safety
Risk impact

Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ 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

Better Subscriptions for Youtube™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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