Focused Youtube

Open source extension that removes comments/recommendations from Youtube: https://github.com/makaroni4/focused_youtube

This is an open-source extension that changes homepage of Youtube (only search bar) and drops recommendations/comments from other pages. 

Extension requires access to Youtube website to change its outlook.

Extension icon opens a popup with an option to show/hide the comments section of a video (to check timestamps in comments, for example). In the latest version, an option to temporarily disable the extension was added.

You can hover over the YouTube logo to access the navigation menu – playlists, liked videos, watch history, etc.