FocusTube

Name: FocusTube
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

Blur YouTube thumbnails and titles

5.0•1 review•

102 followers

Blur YouTube thumbnails and titles

5.0•1 review•

102 followers

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Are you tired of getting sucked into spending hours in the YouTube rabbit hole? FocusTube is a free Chrome extension that lets you blur: - thumbnails - comments - end screen feed - video titles..so you can focus on what matters!

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Launch tags:Browser Extensions•Productivity•YouTube

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Hunter

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Hey everyone, I'm stoked to launch my first product - FocusTube! It's a free Chrome extension that lets you focus on YouTube by blurring thumbnails, titles, comments, and the end screen feed. You can choose which parts to blur/unblur. Simply toggle it off when you are done working and want to watch YouTube normally. You can use it to hide spoilers, blur distractions while working, or block YouTube thumbnails while teaching. I'd love to know what you think!

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3yr ago

Hunter

@appxcite that would be awesome, thanks!! Here is my handle: https://twitter.com/bldr_shende

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3yr ago

Great tool, will definitely use! Could you also add an option to blur/unblur the likes and description sections? Would be very useful!

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3yr ago

Hunter

@aleksa_gavric I'm working on an update to blur everything but the essentials, so that would include the description and likes! I appreciate the feedback

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3yr ago

Congrats on the launch. I will tell you a story - A year ago I was teaching an 11th standard student some Physics when I asked them to check out the concept on YT, and saw them getting distracted from numerous notifications and stuff. Since then I wanted to build something that takes away the distraction while students study. Today I found this, this product seems like the 1st stepping stone to achieve that. Much needed, I can see the product growing with many other features that cater to the concept of removing the plethora of distractions we face today on a day-to-day basis. Best wishes : )

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3yr ago

Hunter

@cosmos that's exactly how I hoped it would be used! That's also similar to how I got the idea - my mother is a high school teacher, and she mentioned that this was a problem when showing YT videos to students. I wanted to build something that would help her and others like her. Thanks for the well-wishes and for sharing the story

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3yr ago

Congrats on the launch! Really unique/innovative idea and concept! Avoiding the pull of hours of thumbnail research/psychology is hard haha

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3yr ago

Hunter

@esus thank you! I've certainly fallen victim to the rabbit hole many times haha

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3yr ago

Build Check

Great! We need to embrace every tip/tool that helps us to focus on what matters. Congrats @bldr_shende on the launch!

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3yr ago

Hunter

@german_merlo1 thank you for the kind words!

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3yr ago

Opengeni

So needed! I would go even further. Create YouTube lite. Minimal UI. One video at the time. No comments. play stop and search. one can dream ✨

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3yr ago

Hunter

@sentry_co I'm considering taking it in that direction - strip out everything that isn't strictly necessary for YouTube to function. Combining this with a working ad blocker would work wonders. Thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated!

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3yr ago

Opengeni

@bldr_shende ✌️ "Youtube essentials" All the stuff you want, none of the stuff you don't need.

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3yr ago