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This plugin was inspired by my friend, who's a great developer and power user, who didn't…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"27697746","arlk","Nice work. Personally I use uBlock Origin plugin to hide elements I don't want to see on any website, and that made Facebook less \"enjoyable\" with no like buttons and reaction…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"People who want to cut down on YouTube procrastination","inferred",[63,67,71],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"27697786","Ghexor","I'm a big fan of reducing the webs addictive footprint. So thank you for building this, I hope it gains traction :) I've found ublock origin's \"picking\"-feature quite powerful.…",{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"27699388","ehnto","I don't click on related videos, and have a bookmark straight to my subscriptions, but even still I get caught on YouTube for too long. My subscriptions produce almost daily…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"27701463","hart_russell","Awesome! Youtube really has a lot of patterns that try to maximize engagement and I've noticed I spend way more time on the platform than I intend.",{"value":76,"source":50,"evidence":77},"Maker's friend was addicted to YouTube and didn't know uBlock Origin could hide elements",[78],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":83,"objections":105,"requests":124,"questions":146,"alternatives":153},[84,97],{"value":85,"source":86,"evidence":87},"Clean, beautiful UI with no distractions","commenter",[88,89,93],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"27698763","whydoineedthis","This is beautiful. So easy and so clean. Terrific project.",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"27701190","orange_puff","This is beautiful, and something I thought about building myself, but I am pretty good at avoiding Youtube suggested videos so I never had a deep incentive. 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