What is Shorts Sentry?
This extension helps you stay mindful of your YouTube Shorts usage by tracking how many Shorts you've watched consecutively. When you scroll past a set limit, a popup notification appears, encouraging awareness of your scrolling habits.
Problem
Users spend too much time watching YouTube Shorts consecutively without being aware of their scrolling habits.
Drawbacks: Lack of mindfulness regarding the amount of time spent on YouTube Shorts may lead to excessive consumption and reduced productivity.
Solution
A Chrome web store extension
Tracks the number of YouTube Shorts watched consecutively and displays a popup notification when a specified limit is exceeded, promoting awareness of scrolling habits.
Core features: Monitoring consecutive Shorts consumption and providing popup notifications to encourage mindfulness.
Customers
YouTube Shorts enthusiasts, content creators, and individuals looking to manage their online video consumption habits.
Occupation: Social media managers, video creators, content creators.
Unique Features
Focuses on promoting mindfulness and awareness of online video consumption habits.
Provides real-time notifications to alert users when their consecutive Shorts watching exceeds a preset limit.
User Comments
Useful tool to manage YouTube Shorts addiction
Helps in maintaining a healthy screen time balance
Great for increasing self-awareness of online video consumption habits
Simple yet effective solution for tracking YouTube Shorts usage
Highly recommended for individuals seeking to reduce screen time
Traction
The product has gained 500+ installs on the Chrome Web Store
Positive user reviews and ratings highlighting the effectiveness of the extension
Market Size
Global online video consumption management market value: $2.8 billion in 2021
Expected annual growth rate: 15% from 2022 to 2026
