My kid asked to watch one Bluey episode. Auto-play had other plans. Forty-five minutes later it was unboxing videos, a bedtime meltdown, and me wondering why a video platform built for "watching what you want" had quietly turned into a platform that decides for you.
That's the problem I set out to fix with NoSuggest, a free, open-source PWA that strips YouTube down to just the channels you choose. No recommendations, no Shorts, no auto-play, no trending feed, no algorithmic rabbit holes.
Kids only ever see content from channels a parent explicitly added. There's a dedicated Kids Mode with a 6-digit PIN, and it hides anything that could lead to an accidental tap outside curated content.
It's not a parental-control gimmick bolted onto an ad-supported product.
There's no ad tier to protect, no engagement metric to hit. Free forever, no data collection, no premium version waiting behind a paywall.
If you're a developer, parent, or just tired of losing an hour to a feed you never asked for, take a look at the code or try it yourself in GitHub.
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