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Chrome extension by Andrei Ionel (thetechdog) · Lifestyle · Entertainment

A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Entertainment with 16 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

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Users
16
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 14 days
+15
Version
1.0
Updated in the store
2026-09-03
Published
2026-09-03
Manifest
V3
Browser access
1 permission, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
+15 since 04.09
1-18 · 9 readings
2026-09-04: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-041appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-062
  3. 2026-09-073
  4. 2026-09-087
  5. 2026-09-0910
  6. 2026-09-1014
  7. 2026-09-1317
  8. 2026-09-1518
  9. 2026-09-1716
Users
+15 since 04.09
1-18 · 9 readings
2026-09-04: appeared in the store
  1. 2026-09-041appeared in the store
  2. 2026-09-062
  3. 2026-09-073
  4. 2026-09-087
  5. 2026-09-0910
  6. 2026-09-1014
  7. 2026-09-1317
  8. 2026-09-1518
  9. 2026-09-1716

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • *://*.youtube.com/*
  • Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

  1. Appeared in the store

The publisher

Andrei Ionel (thetechdog) publishes 2 listings we track, 63 users between them.

  1. Click to FreeTube Andrei Ionel (thetechdog) · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-07-20 47 users ★ 1.0

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. YouTube H.264 Optimizer Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.8
  2. LiteTube: Fix YouTube Lag & Adblock Detection Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3k users ★ 4.5
  3. h264ify (V3) Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.0
  4. YouTube Classic Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 119 users ★ 4.0
  5. h264ify Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 1.0M users ★ 4.6

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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