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Youtube Nonstop
Minimal permission clone with mixed reliability
View on Chrome Web Store ↗✅ What it claims to do
Lightweight install with minimal permissions and no ads.Available as of 2025 with occasional maintenance updates.Focused solely on the idle popup without extra UI changes.
⚠️ Reported Issues
- Fails whenever the tab is hidden or YouTube ships new layouts.
- No customization, troubleshooting, or communication channels.
- Conflicts with other extensions and breaks confirmation dialogs.
Detailed Review Signals
👍 Positive Findings
- Prevents the "are you still watching?" pause when it works.
- Improves uninterrupted viewing, creating a pseudo "Premium" experience.
- Works in some browsers, particularly Edge.
- Free to install, no cost barrier.
- Lightweight and simple; installation is quick.
- Some users report that it functions on certain OSes, albeit inconsistently.
- No ads or marketing popups in the positive reviews.
- Blocks the pause prompt more effectively than some alternatives, according to a few users.
- Low memory footprint, not slowing down the browser.
- Periodic updates keep it working occasionally.
- Easy to remove when not needed.
- Minimal permissions, which appeals to privacy-minded users.
- ...and 8 more positive signals
👎 Negative Findings
- Frequent failure or stopped working, leading to low average rating (2.67★).
- Only activates when the browser/tab is visible, so videos pause when minimised.
- Interferes with other confirmation popups, such as deleting comments or unsubscribing.
- Inconsistent browser compatibility; works on Edge but not on Brave/Chrome.
- Many users say it doesn't work at all or has stopped working recently.
- Fails to detect the popup on some YouTube layouts.
- Cannot be customised; no settings available.
- No official support or documentation, leaving users unsupported.
- Limited updates, resulting in long periods of malfunction.
- Not available for Firefox or Safari, limiting adoption.
- Poor translation/localisation; messages may be in the wrong language.
- Fails after Chrome updates, requiring a reinstallation.
- ...and 28 more negative signals