Friction

Add a bit of friction to bad browsing habits. If you often find yourself unthinkingly checking the same sites over and over and seem to waste a lot of time there, this browser extension may help a bit.

Friction: Add-On for Breaking Bad Browsing Habits

Friction is a Firefox add-on that aims to help users break bad browsing habits by adding a bit of friction to their repetitive and time-wasting visits to certain sites.

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Add-on stats

By: tomee

Daily users: 3

Rating: 4.25

(4)

Version: 0.4 (Last updated: 2021-09-13)

Version code: 5294826

Creation date: 2018-01-02

Firefox on Android: Yes

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Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 14.77K

Ranking

# 42,971 ▼ 168

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome

Not available on Android

Not available on Edge

User reviews

This is gonna be essential for me from now on. Thank you. Edit: If I pick a big number for time allowed, it breaks down after a while. And that feature can't be disabled. I could compromise with a reminder after a while, but not for the tab to be completely killed. :( It also becomes very slow when opening a container, though that's not a deal breaker.

by allprivatedamnit, 2023-02-24

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Friction requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Friction has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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