Why YSK: Youtube’s enshittification creates an abysmal experience. There’s a list of Chrome extensions I’ve collected over the years that each fix an aspect of Youtube to bring back a genuine experience. I’ve seen in comments people mention one or two of these at a time, so this is a pack that contains everything you could need, and more.

Sample:

• My Feed
• Video View

Essential Plugins:

• Ghostery: Blocks trackers and ads
• uBlock Origin: Blocks In-video ads
• SponsorBlock: Skips in-video sponsor segments
• Return Youtube Dislike: Returns the dislike button
• DeArrow: Better titles and thumbnails, removes clickbait
• Youtube Redux: Returns youtube to the older style
• Style Bot: This tool allows you to edit CSS. With a bit of setup, you can use it to block sponsored videos from appearing in our video suggestions:

1. Open Stylebot options
2. Styles > New Style

URL: Youtube.com

CSS (copy and paste):

ytd-ad-slot-renderer,
ytd-rich-item-renderer:has(
  > #content
    > ytd-ad-slot-renderer
){
  display: none;
}

3. Save Style and Refresh Youtube

Optional:

• Dark Reader: Dark mode on any web page (and you can toggle it per page as well)
• Video Speed Controller: More control over video speed