Music Mode for YouTube™ by Thunderarea
Blocks the video keeping only the audio on YouTube, YouTube Music and YouTube for mobiles. Additionally, it removes the ads from YouTube, hides the thumbnails and allows YouTube to play in the background on mobile. Easy to use with many options.
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The only Firefox extension that not only disables the YouTube video but also blocks it. The best extension to reduce the use of CPU and GPU, save bandwidth and hide NSFW content. Works on YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube videos embedded in sites and YouTube for mobiles.
Due to some recent YouTube changes the extension does not block the video on YouTube desktop but only hides it. The extension still blocks the video on YouTube Music and the mobile version of YouTube. We are trying to fix it. Stay tuned!
FEATURES (ALL OPTIONAL):
Extra options:
Notes:
Frequently Asked Questions: https://thunderarea.github.io/musicmodeforyoutube/faq/
The code of the extension is now available on GitHub
The extension does not collect any kind of user data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.
Date of release (on Chrome Web Store): 02/10/2019
Due to some recent YouTube changes the extension does not block the video on YouTube desktop but only hides it. The extension still blocks the video on YouTube Music and the mobile version of YouTube. We are trying to fix it. Stay tuned!
FEATURES (ALL OPTIONAL):
- Blocks the video keeping only the audio
- Hides the video thumbnails
- Hides the images of channel/user avatars
- Hides various other images
- Skips the ads before they play
- Allows background play (on YouTube for mobiles)
Extra options:
- Hides the thumbnails and various other images in Google search when you search for a song or a singer
- Quick access buttons: two extra buttons on YouTube in order to hide the thumbnails and block the video quickly without using the popup window
Notes:
- Live YouTube videos are hidden but not blocked
- If you have enabled the features 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the images are not only hidden but also blocked saving more bandwidth
Frequently Asked Questions: https://thunderarea.github.io/musicmodeforyoutube/faq/
The code of the extension is now available on GitHub
The extension does not collect any kind of user data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.
Date of release (on Chrome Web Store): 02/10/2019
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- Block content on any page
- Access browser tabs
- Store unlimited amount of client-side data
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- Version
- 1.2.2
- Size
- 116.44 KB
- Last updated
- a year ago (Jan 8, 2024)
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- License
- GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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- Transition to Manifest V3
- Addition of Japanese translation
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The access to googlevideo.com is needed in order to be able to block the video.
The access to i.ytimg.com, i1.ytimg.com, i9.ytimg.com, yt3.ggpht.com, lh3.googleusercontent.com, lh4.googleusercontent.com, ssl.gstatic.com is needed in order to be able to block all the YouTube images that come from all these sites.
All the other sites that the extension asks for access are Google search sites in order for the extension to be able to work on the Google search (due to the feature that you can hide the images on Google search).
The extension does not collect any kind of user data. The user options are stored locally in the user's browser.