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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19421887

DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

“Clickbait” isn’t the exception anymore, it’s becoming the norm. Many have even started going through their entire backlog, changing old titles and thumbnails to be more attention grabbing and vague.

It’s no one’s fault. It’s a system that creates a race to the bottom.

DeArrow hopes to stop this cycle. It’s time to return to a more peaceful experience.

  • deathmetal27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    One of the best addons you can get. Period.

    It’s like a paradigm shift when you browse YouTube after enabling it.

    This plus using ublock to remove useless UI elements makes for a prime disenshittified YouTube experience.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago
      • uBlock Origin
      • DeArrow
      • Sponsorblock
      • Return YouTube Dislike

      Or for everything built-in: Piped

    • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      4 months ago

      Using uBlock Origin to get rid of the Youtube Shorts section of the sub feed was amazing for me. Are there other things you block too?

      • deathmetal27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Here’s a non exhaustive list of things I’ve blocked:

        • The pill strip on top with a list of video topics (don’t know what the official term is.)
        • YouTube shorts suggestions.
        • Ads that are injected into the suggestions.
        • “Shorts remixing this video” section in the video descriptions.

        I’ll perhaps share my ublock filter list for YouTube later.

        Edit: My uBlock Origin filters:

        www.youtube.com##.ytd-rich-item-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-feed-nudge-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com###voice-search-button
www.youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##yt-related-chip-cloud-renderer.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.ytd-ad-slot-renderer.style-scope
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(1)
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(2)
www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-structured-description-content-renderer.style-scope
        • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          The pill strip on top with a list of video topics

          There’s one reason not to block this: all the way on the right of that list is a “new to you” feed button, which is pretty neat to try sometimes.

          • deathmetal27@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 months ago

            Could you share the URL of that link? IMO, there should be a better way of presenting that than on the pill bar on the top.

            • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              Unfortunately there’s no URL to go with that feature, it must be JS-activated. Same goes for the Recently Uploaded and Watched tabs which are new in that same vein.

  • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The way some of the titles are changed is quite funny to me. It’s like if you saw a big scary looking ghost on Halloween and then you rip the sheet off and it’s just Huey, Dewey and Louie stacked on top of each other.

    I Bought Ten of the WEIRDEST Phones EVER

    to

    Reviewing Old Phones with Alternative Form Factors

    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yeah the title change I don’t get in cases like that.

      I Bought Ten of the WEIRDEST Phones EVER

      Is a lot more descriptive of what the video is.