Ask HN: Which Chrome Extensions Do You Use?
Here are mine, in descending order of importance:
Video Speed Controller - changes the speed of (almost) any video; press 'd' to speedup 0.25 speed ('s' for the opposite) and 'r' to reset back to 1.0 speed
uBlock Origin - lets me permanently block specific page elements - it brings me joy to block the 'trending' and 'news' tabs, google doodles and any other trendy/ing elements. My 'filter' list is only 100 lines long; mostly youtube, twitter, and stack overflow.
SponsorBlock for Youtube: crowdsources the timestamps for self-promotion and product placement in youtube videos and automatically skips them for you
Duplicate Tab Shortcut: gives keybindings to open the current url in an adjacent tab (rather than at the end of the tab bar).
Others (I don't consider these essential):
SelectorGadget, Pushbullet, JSONVue, Google Docs Offline