Varun Manjunath

My kid asked to watch one Bluey episode. Auto-play had other plans. Forty-five minutes later it was unboxing videos, a bedtime meltdown, and me wondering why a video platform built for "watching what you want" had quietly turned into a platform that decides for you.

That's the problem I set out to fix with NoSuggest, a free, open-source PWA that strips YouTube down to just the channels you choose. No recommendations, no Shorts, no auto-play, no trending feed, no algorithmic rabbit holes.

Kids only ever see content from channels a parent explicitly added. There's a dedicated Kids Mode with a 6-digit PIN, and it hides anything that could lead to an accidental tap outside curated content.

I kept opening YouTube for one tutorial and closing the tab 40 minutes later having watched three unrelated videos I didn't plan on. The infinite feed is optimised for watch time, not for what I actually came there to do.

So I built NoSuggest, a free open-source PWA that strips recommendations, Shorts, and auto-play, leaving just the channels you deliberately follow. Nothing tracked, nothing monetised, no premium tier.

Curious how others here deal with this. Do you use extensions, screen-time limits, or just willpower? And if you've tried something similar, what worked for you?
If you like the idea, kindly upvote.

Hey Product Hunt!

I am launching NoSuggest tomorrow. A completely free, distraction-free YouTube client that removes the recommendation algorithm entirely.

No suggested videos. No auto-play. No Shorts spiral. No sidebar. No account. No data collected. No what's next recommendations. No notification. Just the channels you follow and nothing else.

The thing I built it around: it works on mobile. Browser extensions can't do that. That's where most doom scrolling actually happens.