Sanctum

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 YouTube to be useful without letting recommendations, autoplay, and Shorts decide what happens next. It adds small, intentional pauses before distracting actions, helps you name why you opened YouTube, and offers gentle reflection instead of hard blocking. The goal is not to control your behavior, but to restore a moment of choice.

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Sanctum Pause before YouTube pulls you into another loop

Launched on July 23rd, 2026

SanctumPause before YouTube pulls you into another loop

Launched on July 16th, 2026

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2mo 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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