YouTube™ Productivity Mode

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What is YouTube™ Productivity Mode?
YouTube™ Productivity Mode is a Firefox add-on inspired by the book Indistractable. It helps reduce distractions on YouTube by blurring thumbnails in Productivity Mode and provides an ad-free experience in Leisure Mode.

Add-on stats

Users: 52
Rating: 4.00 (6)
Version: 2.3 (Last updated: 2020-10-27)
Creation date: 2020-06-12
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 18.61K

Other platforms

YouTube™ Productivity Mode (v2.3)
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Add-on summary

This product is inspired from Indistractable by Nir Eyal. According to the book, one source of distraction are the external triggers that lead us to distracting activities and thus leave less time for things that we actually intend to do.

YouTube is one such place for me on the internet where I often wander and get lost from the focus track that I plan to be on. No doubt YouTube is a great place to learn but it does have a lot of distracting content too.

Taking cue from the book, we created YouTube Productivity Mode, with an objective to reduce the triggers. Switch YPM in “Productivity Mode” to blur all the thumbnails on YouTube so that the catchy and clickbaity thumbnails don’t grab your attention. So now if you get redirected to YouTube while working/studying, the recommended thumbnails won’t catch your eyes and you will hopefully switch back to your task again without losing your focus.

By default, YPM works on “Leisure Mode” where you’ll get the same experience of YouTube without annoying ads.

We are indie makers who believe that focus is a superpower. If this app helps you in any way, please help us too. There are a lot of ways you could help us:

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

YouTube™ Productivity Mode 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 YouTube™ Productivity Mode if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

YouTube™ Productivity Mode has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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