[Alternative extension] A possible alternative to Blocktube
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I wanted to share an extension I found that is updated regularly, has a lot more functionality, and has features that I'm going to guess the majority of us desire. I'm simply sharing this for anyone who are experiencing problems or are trying to find a current, functional substitute. While I wait for the creator, Amitbl, to return and add more to Blocktube, I will make use of the substitute and thought I'd share this scaryly advanced extension.
UnTrap for YouTube - Homepage
UnTrap for YouTube - Firefox Extension
UnTrap for YouTube - Chrome Extension
UnTrap for YouTube - Microsoft Edge Extension
can i use this to block individual commenters
As in the username? like that uttp dude who is spamming every video or just a keyword in general? It does keywords, but I'm not sure about usernames. I use uBlock Origin to filter out comments and videos, but I use untrap for basically everything else.
Edit: I just tested it, and you can use usernames or keywords of names like '@fortunecookie4080 / fortunecookie', etc., and it will filter them, which is nice to know.
I was testing it for few days, it feels much slower and does not fill videos into grid (in 3x3 layout you often have 1 video per row).
I couldn't find a feature to block videos under 10 minutes.
For my needs, it is much worse.
Just wanted to share my view on this. I did find that UnTrap and it is my main extension, its amazing what it does, but it is not a replacement for BlockTube for me! I have huge massive hopes that BlockTube will work for me.. I am whole week trying to figure out how to add custom blocks, while they work amazing in a way that I can block all apart from few specific channels (use it as whitelist), it does not do what I want, I want it to show only videos that I'm subscribed to... This way my kid will be able to watch only what I selected for him.. and UnTrap blocks all the other buttons so he can not change add/remove channels.. I just can't figure out how to get Object... like objectType.subscribeButtonRenderer.buttonText.runs.text ... to get this "subscribed" out of it, nothing bloody works so far :( the positive is eventually I will learn javascript better... but I would rather save my time if anyone knows how to filter subsribed/notsubscribed via Advanced Blocking please let me know... The whitelist is simple if anyone struggling:
(video, objectType) => {
// Add custom conditions below
if (video.channelName.match("Dude Perfect") || video.channelName.match("otherchannelname1") || video.channelName.match("otherchannelname2")) {
return false;
}
// Custom conditions did not match, true means block all
return true;
}