DeArrow - A Browser Extension for Better Titles and Thumbnails
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DeArrow is a browser extension for replacing titles and thumbnails on YouTube with community created accurate versions. No more clickbait.

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.

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  • athalean@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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!

    • Pechente@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Holy shit! This is amazing! But how will I ever know what’s REALLY IMPORTANT without ALL CAPS and a shitton of BANGS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

  • XPost3000@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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

  • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • jadenity@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        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.

    • e8d79@feddit.deOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      SponsorBlock has been added to alternative frontends as well, so there is a good chance DeArrow will be ported.

  • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This extension is free, forever, for anyone who installs it during the beta. Yes, that means there will be a paywall for new users only in the future, but I promise that there will still be a way to for people to get free access. Of course the extension will always remain fully open source, with a publicly downloadable database, just like SponsorBlock.

    I’m a bit confused what this means / will mean. A paywall but also still alternative free access?

    • e8d79@feddit.deOPEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Where are you quoting this from? I could not find any information about a paywall.

      • Kissaki@feddit.deEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        mh, I can’t find it anymore either. Pretty sure it was on the website, on the main or about page. I was on various other pages looking for contribution info too though. Maybe it changed? Maybe it’s now considered t obe out of beta?

    • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      2 years ago

      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.

  • Spudger@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    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.