th-ch / youtube-music

YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader)
https://th-ch.github.io/youtube-music/
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[Feature Request]: Disable search suggestions #2053

Open codenyte opened 3 months ago

codenyte commented 3 months ago

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Problem Description

Search suggestions essentially turn a search box into a keylogger. Everything the user types in is immediately sent to Google. Some users (including me) are not happy with this behavior, so I think there should be an option to disable it. I believe that a search query should only be submitted when the user explicitly intends to execute the search function by pressing 'Enter' or clicking on the search icon.

Proposed Solution

Add a plugin that disables search suggestions

Alternatives Considered

N/A

Additional Information

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JellyBrick commented 2 months ago

YouTube uses a custom event handling system, so I don't know if it's possible to do this