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Sanctum

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Pause before YouTube pulls you into another loop

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Pause before YouTube pulls you into another loop

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Sanctum is a Chrome extension for people who want to use YouTube more intentionally. Instead of completely blocking content, it adds gentle pauses before impulsive clicks, Shorts loops, and endless recommendations. Features such as calmer thumbnails, intention prompts, mindful breaks, and flow reflections help you notice where your attention is going and choose what to do next. Sanctum is not about control—it is about restoring a moment of choice.

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Hi Product Hunt! I’m Wonseok, a solo maker from Seoul. 👋 I built Sanctum after noticing how easily one intentional YouTube visit could turn into an endless loop of recommendations, Shorts, and impulsive clicks. I didn’t want to build another tool that simply locks people out or treats distraction as a failure of willpower. The problem, to me, was the loss of a moment of awareness—the point where “I chose to watch this” quietly becomes “I’m still watching.” Sanctum adds gentle friction at those moments. It can calm thumbnails, ask what you came to YouTube for, pause Shorts loops, offer mindful breaks, and help you reflect on where the current viewing flow is taking you. The approach evolved from blocking more content to restoring more choice. Sanctum does not decide what people should watch. It creates a small space where they can notice what is happening and choose again. I’d especially value feedback on: • Which interventions feel genuinely helpful? • Which ones feel too disruptive? • Where do you most often lose track of your original intention on YouTube? Thank you for taking a look at Sanctum.

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1d ago

the intention prompt before shorts loops is such a thoughtful touch, basically gives you just enough friction without being annoying. nice work on making it feel like a gentle nudge instead of a blocker.

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11h ago

Maker

@sevim1070163 Thank you, Sevim — that’s exactly what I hoped the prompt would feel like. I wanted to create a small moment to reconsider, without taking the choice away from the user. I really appreciate you trying it and sharing this.

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3h ago

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1d ago

What usually pulls you into an unintended YouTube session?

Hi Product Hunt!

I built Sanctum after noticing that my problem wasn t YouTube itself. It was the moment when one intentional video quietly turned into 30 minutes of recommendations, Shorts, or aimless browsing.

Sanctum doesn t completely block YouTube. Instead, it adds small pauses at the moments when you re most likely to slip into autopilot, so you can decide whether you actually want to keep watching.

I d love to hear about your experience:

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