This extension is a free gift — no strings attached, no hidden agenda, no business model. It does exactly one thing: stops YouTube from playing videos without your permission.
No data collected
We collect nothing. Zero. Not your watch history, not the URLs you visit, not your IP address.
No network requests
The extension never contacts any server — not ours, not anyone's. It has no server to contact.
One local setting only
The only thing stored on your device is whether the extension is enabled or disabled (on/off toggle).
Cannot see what you watch
The extension has no access to tab URLs, your browsing history, cookies, or any page content.
Completely free
Free to install, free to use, free forever. No premium tier, no donations asked, no ads.
Open source
Every line of code is readable. You don't have to trust us — you can verify it yourself.
How it actually works
When you open a YouTube video tab, the extension listens for the browser's
native play
event. If that event fires without a real user interaction (a click or
keypress on your part), the extension immediately pauses the video — nothing
more, nothing less.
It does not read the video title, the video ID, the channel name, or anything else on the page. It simply detects "did the user trigger this?" and acts accordingly.
Why the "Storage" permission?
Chrome requires the storage permission for extensions to remember a setting between browser sessions. We use it for exactly that: saving whether you've switched the extension on or off in the toolbar popup. That's the entirety of its use.
Read the source code
The extension is fewer than 30 lines of JavaScript. You can read every line on GitHub and confirm for yourself that there is nothing unexpected.
⌥ View source on GitHubQuestions?
If something feels off, open an issue on GitHub. There's no support email or company behind this — just a developer who got tired of videos auto-playing when switching between devices, and figured others might too.