The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great.
Compare without DeArrow
and with the extension
Holy shit! This is amazing! But how will I ever know what’s REALLY IMPORTANT without ALL CAPS and a shitton of BANGS?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Don’t forget the USELESS FUCKING ARROWS.
Unless it’s pointing to a red circle.
Honestly I’d probably be the type to be like “yeah I hate click bait!” Download this, and then stop watching videos entirely because they all look really boring
That’s a win if you ask me.
I’m loving this and have contributed a bunch already, but one problem I’m noticing is people labeling things “reviews” on videos that are definitely not reviews, like impressions videos or unboxings.
I’ve already noticed a couple videos where the corrected title made me more interested in the video than the clickbait title. Hope this extension takes off!
That’s how it is most of the time for me. I unsubbed from LTT because their clickbaity videos made it hard for me to see what I’m interested in. With this extension I might actually start watching their stuff again.
I tried it. It works well. But, I don’t think I will use it, because I usually know YouTubers to avoid when it comes to clickbaiting. Looking at you, Scotty Kilmer. :)
That seems cool. I’ll definitely try that out, thanks for sharing!
Already using sponsor block and that saved me quite a bit of time!
love that this is a thing, hate that it HAD to be a thing, i wish youtubers would stop doing this corny ass shit it makes the site so unbearable to browse lmao
There’s unfortunelately a good reason for them to keep doing it; it works
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Exactly. I watch a lot of YouTubers who don’t really like having to make clickbait, but it’s the algorithm that promotes it, so they need to conform to what works.
After Mastodon and Lemmy I think need a federated youtube alternative now too. Yes, I know PeerTube exists, I just need it to get a nice boost in attention just like the other got.
If I still used YT’s main front-end, this would’ve been great.
SponsorBlock has been added to alternative frontends as well, so there is a good chance DeArrow will be ported.
If this ever gets ported for NewPipe and/or LibreTube it’ll be sensational
The fact that it exists makes me happy :]
Just out of curiosity, how do you determine what is and isn’t clickbait?
I’d like to know this as well. The extension looks super interesting, but how does it determine what to replace the thumbnail and title with?
When it removes the entirety of LTT from YouTube it will worth a try. There isn’t much in this world that makes me seethe but that plonker is one.
I get that people can find him annoying, but that plonker’s video on dashcams actually helped me make a properly informed choice that literally saved me hundreds of dollars AND ensured I got something that actually had higher fidelity recording than many devices multiple times its price.
I kinda like LTT materials, especially with Anthony but this extension is a godsend as I always hated their crappy thumbnails and titles.
It’s Emily now if you did not know.
Thanks for the clarification. I wasn’t aware of that.
Oh nice, thank you for making this and Sponsorblock Ajay, what a great person.
Any plans for Safari?
Yes, I hope to have it up in a few weeks
I’ve been using it for a few days. Some occasional loading delays but it’s been great. Thanks!
Awesome, it’s like Clickbate Remover +.
If it works half as well as SponsorBlock I’ll be a happy man.
I was genuinely surprised how well SponsorBlock works. I was assuming it to skip the sponsored sections only on accounts with millions of subscribers but in reality it almost never fails.
