AiBlock for YouTube

Filter AI-generated content on YouTube. Community-powered blocklist with customizable warning and hiding modes. Youtube is drowning in AI-Slop. Thousands of channels, uploading videos, with AI scripts, audio or visuals. This is why I created this extension. It will help you, cleaning up your feed by providing personal filterlists and a list, maintained by the community. How It Works 1. Install the extension 2. Community blocklist syncs automatically on first launch 3. Browse YouTube - AI channels are filtered based on your settings 4. Right-click any channel to add to blacklist, warnlist, or whitelist 5. Customize your experience in the extension popup You can find us on github and discord if you want to support or just out of curiosity. Features - automatically synched community blocklist (can be disabled) - manually black, warn or whitelist channels - view statistics of lists and blocked videos - import/export your own lists ***** Version 1.1.2 -------------------------- Fixed - **Unicode channel detection**: Channels with non-ASCII characters (e.g. `@SzeptSłów`) are now correctly matched against blocklist/warnlist - **Unicode context menu submission**: Fixed channel handle extraction truncating at non-ASCII characters - **Sync count showing zero**: Fixed periodic sync overwriting existing channel lists with empty arrays on network failure Improved - **Light mode contrast**: Darker success green, stronger borders, and darker background layers for better readability Version 1.1.1 -------------------------- Changed - **Popup redesign**: Complete visual overhaul with AiSList dark theme matching to project's website - Fixed-height popup with consistent footer positioning - Three-dot menu for Export/Import/Clear actions - **Tab renames**: "Settings" → "Preferences", "Channels" → "Your Filter" - **Username section changed**: Now with custom "Anonymous" toggle - Edit button hidden when anonymous mode is enabled Improved - **Light mode contrast**: Improved readability for footer links, theme toggle, and subtitle - **Dark mode default**: Explicitly set as default on first install - **Sync notification**: Now shows total channels synced (blocklist + warnlist combined) - **Search page channel detection**: Added `a#channel-thumbnail` selector for reliable extraction - **Channel renderer support**: Added `ytd-channel-renderer` for channel cards in search results - **New Shorts format support**: Added `ytm-shorts-lockup-view-model-v2` and `grid-shelf-view-model` Version 1.1.0 -------------------------- Added - **Channel page submission**: Right-click context menu on channel pages now uses channel handle from URL - Automatically extracts channel handle from URLs - Finds any video on the page to use as evidence link - **First-time submission confirmation**: Player submit button now shows a confirmation modal on first use - Explains that the channel will be submitted to AiSList community blocklist - "Don't show this again" checkbox to skip future confirmations - **Duplicate submission prevention**: Tracks last 50 submitted channels to prevent accidental re-submissions - Shows "Channel already submitted" message when attempting to submit a previously reported channel - Stored locally, not visible in UI - **Channel handle validation**: Popup submit form now validates and auto-extracts channel handles - Shows clear error message for invalid formats Improved - **Channel detection reliability**: Refactored `extractChannelFromElement()` for more reliable channel handle extraction - Prioritizes `#avatar-link` as primary selector - Better handling of sidebar videos, hover previews, and Shorts Version 1.0.9 -------------------------- Added - **Context menu submission**: Right-click on any video to submit the channel to the community list - "Submit to Community List" option in context menu - Automatically extracts channel handle and video URL - **Submit button in YouTube player controls**: Added a flag icon button next to subtitle/autoplay buttons - Quick one-click channel submission to community list while watching videos - Visual feedback for submission states (submitting, success, error) - Only visible when community list is enabled and on watch pages - **Submit Channel tab in popup**: New fourth tab for submitting channels to the community list - Enter channel handle (@channelHandle) and video URL as evidence - **Username field** in Settings tab for attribution - **Anonymous submission option**: Checkbox in Settings to submit channels anonymously - **HTTP error handling**: Added proper error messages on ban, rate limitations, etc. - **Sidebar video blocking**: Videos in the sidebar (suggested videos on watch pages) now get overlays/hidden - Added `processSidebarVideos()` function to handle `yt-lockup-view-model` elements Improved - **Clearer overlay messages**: Updated overlay title text based on list source - **Compact overlay for sidebar videos**: Smaller overlay design that fits within sidebar video thumbnails - **API error handling**: Improved 502 error messages across all submission methods Version 1.0.8 -------------------------- Added - **Join Discord-Button** Changed - **Popup UI reorganization**: Restructured popup interface with three main navigation tabs - **Settings tab**: Contains block mode settings, community blocklist settings, and action buttons - **Channel Management tab**: Contains the three channel lists (Blacklist, Warnlist, Whitelist) with nested tabs - **Statistics tab**: Contains all statistics tiles in a dedicated view - Moved "Clear All Blocks", "Export Data", and "Import Data" buttons from footer to Settings tab Version 1.0.7 -------------------------- Added - **Manual channel addition**: Added text input fields to manually add channels to lists - Input field with "Add" button in each tab (Blacklist, Warnlist, Whitelist) Fixed - **Fullscreen cursor visibility**: Fixed cursor not disappearing in fullscreen mode when media controls hide - Cursor now properly hides with controls in fullscreen as expected - **Statistics section overlap**: Fixed Statistics heading overlapping with channel list items Improved - **Compact statistics display**: Reduced statistics tiles height by ~20% for better space utilization Version 1.0.6 -------------------------- Added - **Sidebar video context menu support**: Right-click context menu now works on sidebar video recommendations Improved - **Performance optimization**: Added MutationObserver throttling Fixed - **Video player interaction**: Fixed click-to-pause/play functionality on main video player Version 1.0.5 -------------------------- Improved - Enhanced context menu channel detection: Right-click context menu now works reliably across all video types - Hover preview videos: Successfully extracts channel when right-clicking on hover preview videos - Shorts detection: Context menu disabled for Shorts videos (shows "No Channel Found") - Shorts don't have accessible channel info in the DOM Version 1.0.4 -------------------------- Added - Community warnlist support: Extension now syncs and applies warnlist from GitHub alongside blocklist - Warnlist channels show warning overlays (not hidden) regardless of block mode - Popup displays separate counts for blocklist and warnlist in sync status - Auto-sync on popup open: Automatically syncs community lists when opening popup if: - "Use community blocklist" is enabled - Last sync was more than 24 hours ago - Added drag-and-drop import with automatic UI refresh Fixed - Shorts overlay persistence bug: Fixed issue where scrolling through Shorts would incorrectly show block overlays on unrelated videos - Root cause: YouTube reuses DOM elements (virtual scrolling), causing stale overlays to persist - Shorts "Skip to Next" button: Fixed non-functional skip button on blocked/warned Shorts Version 1.0.3 -------------------------- Added - Added dark mode with a toggle Version 1.0.2 -------------------------- Fixed - Attempt to fix community list sync error after installation - Community list should now sync consistently after installation - Better error handling for network failures