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

A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Entertainment with 47 users, barely installed.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 1 screenshot

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
47
Rating
1.0 (1 ratings)
Users, last 18 days
+10
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.2
Updated in the store
2026-09-05
Published
2026-07-20
Manifest
V3
Browser access
2 permissions

How it has moved

Users
+10 since 31.08
36-47 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-3137
  2. 2026-09-0436
  3. 2026-09-0539
  4. 2026-09-0944
  5. 2026-09-1347
  6. 2026-09-1747
Rating
+1.00 since 31.08
reviewsrating 0.00-1.00 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews0rating0.00
  2. 2026-09-04reviews0rating0.00
  3. 2026-09-05reviews1rating1.00
  4. 2026-09-09reviews1rating1.00
  5. 2026-09-13reviews1rating1.00
  6. 2026-09-17reviews1rating1.00
Users
+10 since 31.08
36-47 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-3137
  2. 2026-09-0436
  3. 2026-09-0539
  4. 2026-09-0944
  5. 2026-09-1347
  6. 2026-09-1747
Rating
+1.00 since 31.08
reviewsrating 0.00-1.00 · 6 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews0rating0.00
  2. 2026-09-04reviews0rating0.00
  3. 2026-09-05reviews1rating1.00
  4. 2026-09-09reviews1rating1.00
  5. 2026-09-13reviews1rating1.00
  6. 2026-09-17reviews1rating1.00

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

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Show you notifications notifications

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

  1. Store description rewritten

The publisher

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

  1. Lightweight YouTube Andrei Ionel (thetechdog) · Lifestyle · Entertainment · published 2026-09-03 16 users

Like this one

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

  1. PlayerTube Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 3k users ★ 4.5
  2. TubeWizard Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 23 users ★ 5.0
  3. FloatTube — A Floating Mini Player for YouTube Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 1k users ★ 4.6
  4. YouTube Video Player Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 21 users
  5. LockInTube Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2 users (last published figure)

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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