Reviews & Comments of SPOI Options chrome extension

Most of the negative reviews here focus on the paid aspect, but that isn't what's really wrong with this - While I (personally) felt they were up-front about being a paid service, the extension itself is ABSOLUTELY NOT worth paying ANYTHING for. It would barely even be worth getting even if it were free. Most of the functions are redundant - YouTube ITSELF already provides most of what this extension charges you for. The features not covered by YouTube - namely, blocking ads - are either done much better by other extensions for free, or are so minor and simple - like mouse wheel/keyboard shortcuts or blocking parts of the page - you could probably make an extension for it yourself. Don't waste your time.

This is the BEST YouTube extension to give you control over what the interface displays. I love being able to watch ad-free/pop-up free videos, auto-change the size, quality and UI and a zillion other things. Thank you for creating it—I wouldn't be able to live on-screen without it, and only $2/month, which is nothing these days. Worth. Every. Measly. Penny.

This is the best $2 I spend every month. Anybody complaining about the price clearly didn't read the description of the extension. Trust me, this is worth at least $2 a month. This extension makes youtube a joy to use! I forget that youtube even has ads until I use it on somebody else's computer! I have been using this extension for several years now, and in that time I have found several bugs. Using the developer feedback they fix the issue the same day in most cases and when they can't get it in one day they work with you to ensure the bug is fixed. I am blown away by the responsiveness of the developers. This extension makes youtube work like it really should!

It doesn't work.

Worth 2$ per month. I will enjoy this add-on and I truly wish developers keep up the good work, until the Youtube dies.

I knew in advance the app service wasn't free, I was fine with that, what bothered me was that they go through huge lengths to hide the cancel button, don't waste your time or energy on any service like this, I'll probably never use any of googles chrome subscription apps ever again.

It wants money for you to actually use this thing. It says free and then WHOOPS you have to pay. I don't recommend this to people who do not wanna spend money.

its a trick into SUBSCRIBING FOR MONEY or it will not work! please remove!

Manual says you can reverse playlists there: https://spoi.com/options/manual Not true at all, no button showing after reload/restart

Not worth $2 per month fee

cool

I use this extention every day and have done for years. I wouldn't dream of going back to vanilla youtube. This rocks.

Developer, I'd say you did your job. If nothing else, you've made one guy's world just a little better. The 1-star reviews are so not fair. This extension works perfectly. You are super clear about the price. You're not defrauding anyone. (You work through PayPal, so I feel secure about this.) You're an honest group that deserves the money. Seriously, user. Be fair. You'll pay $5 for a cup of coffee, 30 days a month ($150). $2 a month (1.3% of that) for something you'll use far more often is worth it. (For me, it's worth it to get rid of BS clickbait.) Also, the other apps just don't work. They're not comprehensive, and fail to let me take control of YouTube. This app, however, works. I do have control over YouTube. Thank you, Developer. And thank you, User, for giving this developer your earned business.

This is helping me right now create a minimal YouTube layout by removing functions I find distracting. After the trial, I find this extension still worthwhile. For myself, I remove the comments, recommended videos, and keep the video display window screen size. And by doing so, I spend less time getting sucked into the comments sections or what video to play next, thus, spending less time on the internet just browsing mindlessly. Great productivity extension.

I preffer to pay 1 pound for this. Now my daughter can play music without any headache. Nice app!

I have been using this add-on for around a year, I love it. . .its clearly the best & most organised you-tube extension I have seen, the amount of users clearly states the obvious....1300 people know how to use it, and the rest just complain because they don't know what they are doing !! I give it 5 stars that it deserves..

Demands money, don't download.

Scam, don't download.

DON'T DOWNLOAD It's free to download but unless you pay you don't get to use it. AT ALL!!! Can't wait to see this company crumble.

Been using it for a very long time, great service.

Not a good value

refused me service when i clearly paid they suck

The best chrome extension next to AdBlock, this extension lets me enlarge videos, which is great for someone like me who has a 21:9 monitor. And you can set auto hd, completely change how youtube looks. All and all I would say it is worth the monthly payment.

Worth it. Best YouTube extension.

This extension is incredible. Completely worth the measly two bucks (1/2 goes to charity; more business should consider doing this)!

Burn in hell!

You should at least offer some of the options for free and have other options for premium users if you want to charge for the service. I rate 1 star because of the need for you to charge for this extension.

Great idea, but there's far better free alternatives. All I want is to disable DASH.

Well, it does something clever, but compared to the myriad of free alternatives... no thanks.

Works perfectly but the fee is too big for addon.

I use the free yet good Magic Options for Youtube instead... More professional and works better

Why the fee? It would be ten times better if they had a one-time fee but the recurring fee has to be working against them.

Awesome extension! It does what it promises, and does it very nicely! There were some small issues, but the benefits easily crush them. However I cannot disagree with the others that it's considerably overpriced, so I don't think I will be keeping for much longer... Still, I think it deserves four stars just for how great it is! Cheers! =D

"offers in app purchases". yeah, it does nothing until you sign up for $2 a mth. can't even test it. wtf.

I mean, you didn't even go to a flat $5 one-time fee or something. Why would I pay monthly for a browser add-on?

What happened to it being free. I love the options but its not good enough to pay for.

What a joke "business model" you literally created your own demise with a useless and quite frankly stupid business plan.

Garbage

Way to ruin a perfectly good extension by hiding it behind a paywall. Monthly subscription? GFY. I look forward to your demise.

This was one of the first Youtube options extensions, and it was GREAT. Then, they tried this pay for use nonsense. Now there are literally 10s of other extensions out there that do the same thing.

How to take a dump on fans and also the world! Update - Found a better extension.... Magic Actions

SPOI stands for 'Smart People on Ice', eh? Well, SPOI, it seems that the ice you're standing on is cracking underneath you, and it seems your diplomas were discovered counterfeit. Might want to plan a new career move...or new career entirely, judging by the resounding one-star opinion of your current audience.

Someone decided it would be a good idea to hide this app behind a paywall. Well, that's a good way to stop users from using your app. Uninstalled and I will not recommend it to anyone further.

Features are not working!

Horrible ripoff.

Before they hid this once amazing extension behind a pay wall I would of recommended it to everyone, not anymore. It's seriously not worth the subscription.

Pay monthly extension, for what you can do in YouTube Center for free albeit via a manual extension install? Screw that for a laugh. Do yourself a favour and search YouTube Center

it sucks

Pathetic.

not worth the money at all

None of the features worked. Not actually free. No reason to think paying would make it work when the free version doesnt work.

Not worth the money, pathetic extension, I can see exactly why others gave it 1 star.

you ruined a perfect extension when you asked for subscriptions.

Fake, Should be Blocked form using the store

Paying for a Chrome extension for something that can be obtained for free? Yea right... Install TamperMonkey instead and use one of the free YouTube scripts that are around for it.

Worked GREAT before they started charging a $2/month subscription fee. $2/month?? REALLY?! With so many other free options out there, this once 5 star extension is not even worth the time it takes to click the "add to Chrome" button!

not everybody can afford it..

I'd pay a flat one time fee or 2 a year. Shouldn't be listed as free.

"Magic Actions for YouTube™" is the same not cool ask for $2.00 per month no one will pay this (now if this was a $5.00 one time License fee then yes) here why!!!!! is not cool youtube has about 100,000,000 user per day evin if just 1% of users use this extensions at your $2.00 thats like $2,000,000 (M) per month now if this was only a subcription for $0.10 and you still had 1% of users that still $100,000 (T) per month evin if this was a the one time fee (or year) at $5.00 and you still had 1% of users that still $500,000 (T) evin with your 2,884 users at still $70,000 per year (T) at $2,00 like any of us are going to pay still or give a good review your going from 3000 user down to 30 users there are other extensions out Stop Autoplay for Youtube™ Extended Stop HTML5 Video Autoplay

What a joke, monthly suscription!! Don't you make enough money already, or are advertisers bullying you to take it off?

It *USED* to be a 5-star, no-questions-the-BEST YouTube plugin. But with their new "We want to help the world so give us money and we'll donate half of it" business plan, EFF THAT NOISE!

if you want people to pay you should have made it clear right away.

Absolutely worthless. There are a ton of similar extensions with the exact same options and those are FREE!

Too expensive. sorry.

I am very disappointed. A subscription? Really?

Forces you to pay.

I had this installed only for as long as it took me to read that they want a monthly subscription fee for a web browser's Youtube extension. Right. I'll super, ultra pass on that one.

If I could give you guys a zero star review, I would. It was an amazing little plugin and probably still is, but now that you are charging money for it to work, it is worthless. There are others out there with fewer features, but you can still find something that does what you want, like disabling ads and disabling DASH. Take away the monthly subscription and I guarantee you that your plugin will go back to 5 star rating overnight.

WAS a great extension, and I would pay a few bucks as a one-time-fee...but not a subscription. Bad decision, guys.

Bahahahahaha. I'd rather suffer through inane YouTube comments than pay a monthly fee for an extension.

I refuse to pay for an extension.

Are people actually paying for this? Just look what you guys have done to one of the greatest plugins ever! ONE STAR! No plugin is worth a monthly fee. Would have gladly donated but I've lost all respect...even if you ditch the monthly fee I will not give any of you a dime.

no no no

Awful subscription model. Too expensive.

C'mon, son.

Sorry, I'll skip it based on the reviews I've read.

u lost all the respect and reputation

$2 a month is just stupid. Think about the average mobile app at only $1. They offer far more than this by developers who have spent more time and money on there product. Wake up and accept the fact a chrome web store is not the place for a monthly subscription! Your entire user base will be lost from this.

Doesn't work anymore, it was good before, now they want a monthly fee, eat sh*t

Ah ah ah! Monthly subscription??? Oh please...

Its OK to charge for this guys because its going to charity...

this is dumb! its an addon, not a f*** MMO! you are asking for money to use a addon that has just as many clones as minecraft has! this was a great addon but now you have ruined it!!! even f*** EA is smarter then you! but if want money, try setting up a donations account of some kind!!! maybe then i'll re-add this addon and maybe if i'm in a good enough mood i might just donate some money!!!

This isn't worth the money. There are others that can do the same, it's a shame they're trying a monthly subscription. Byebye ratings.

"Options is a fully supported, ever-evolving product and half of the subscription fee goes toward sustaining the level of effort needed to develop quality software." BS. Doing this will get you no subs. Anti-consumerist

Lol monthly subscription for a simple extension? No thank you.

Um... nope

Im not paying for an extension, take the hint, it has 944 ratings and 90% of people put 1 stars, i don't need this rubbish, do you see any other apps that make you pay for a subscription? No, so im uninstalling unless they change it back to the old version, so good luck with getting people to pay for what was a good extension.

They disabled a perfectly working version of the extension in order to force everyone to purchase a monthly subscription to the same product, renamed. A monthly subscription for a browser extension. No thanks.

Using the Google Chrome terms changing to pass your application in in-app subscription, NO COOL!!

Not going to happen. Uninstalling this...

Lulz, what a fail. Asking for a sub?

Pah! No F*ing way.

Was a great app then it changed versions and now it just crashes my chrome. NEXT

Really? Charging for an extension? I'd rather have ads. Find another way to make money guys, you killed this.

monthly charges :O

Look, it's OK if you want to charge for your work. I earn a living as a developer myself. But the corny stuff they posted on their website about not wanting any money, doing this to change the world, etc. - that was too much. If you say all that, and then keep 50% for yourself, then you're obviously lying about your motivations. And I'm not installing software coded by people I can't trust. Next thing, they might be lying on the privacy policy page too.

I won't pay USD $1.99 for this extension when there are loads of alternative out there!

Monthly subscription? I'll wait till someone makes a free version. See ya.

Sorry, not going to pay MONTHLY for a service this inconsequential in the grand scheme of life. I have bills to pay and mouths to feed, and a penny saved is a penny earned. In that regard, there's no way I (or any sane person) could rightfully justify this expenditure on a monthly basis. If it screwed me out of paying my mortgage even just ONE time, and especially when it would be by a mere DOLLAR, I would hate myself and this product forever. NOT WORTH IT. Charge a one-time purchase fee, sure, (I still wouldn't use it that way, either, but at the very least I can respect it.) but PER month?! You guys must be out of your minds.

dont charge