Free Chrome Extension to Block YouTube Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling is heavily facilitated by the frictionless, infinite vertical swipe mechanic of YouTube Shorts. A highly effective, totally free Chrome extension to block YouTube doomscrolling is Patrick Bushe’s YouTube Enhancer. It targets the exact API endpoints and CSS classes that YouTube uses to serve short-form video. By terminating those connections client-side, the extension completely removes the infinite scroll capability, returning agency and control to the user.