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darkevilmac , to technology in DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube.
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I like the concept and generally it works well, unfortunately I’ve had to disable it because of how sluggish it can make a lot of pages feel. The playlist view in particular becomes hard to use when the extension is enabled.

Hopefully they fix stuff like that longer term so I can turn it back on.

Gullible , to technology in DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube.

It will eventually find issues with malicious users but for now, it’s an incredible concept.

tourist ,
@tourist@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve been using this extension for over a year now. The only malicious use I’ve seen has been petty.

Occasionally see a video from a controversial creator titled something like “Asshole talks about stupid bullshit for 25 minutes” on fresh uploads.

The titles do change quite a bit. A lot of my title suggestions were changed/improved by others.

There’s a voting system, so you’d need a big group of bad actors fighting uphill for something that isn’t really all that worth it.

troed , to technology in DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube.
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Love it. While not all titles get replaced (crowd sourced) just the fact that the thumbnails get normalized is enough for it to be worth it.

guy_threepwood , to technology in DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube.

I’ve been using this for a while now and the only thing I’ll say is that a lot of videos don’t have alternative titles, so since it’s all crowd sourced I feel that the best solution is to have more people using it.

Brilliant idea regardless.

deathmetal27 , to technology in DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube.

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.

GoOnASteamTrain , (edited )

You convinced me, I’m totally adding this today! :)

I also would throw in sponsorblock to that too - it skips all the “but first, Raid Shadow Legends…” “don’t forget to like share and subscribe” nonsense :)

edit: thank you, I just poked into YouTube Revanced, and found DeArrow was on! This explains why I didn’t like youtube’s content when on my PC, so I’ll 100% be adding this to Firefox! :)

30p87 ,
@30p87@feddit.org avatar
  • uBlock Origin
  • DeArrow
  • Sponsorblock
  • Return YouTube Dislike

Or for everything built-in: Piped

blackluster117 ,
@blackluster117@possumpat.io avatar

Don’t forget Enhancer for Youtube. A metric ton of Youtube customizations and quality of life features, also includes disabling shorts or converting them into the standard Youtube video format.

30p87 ,
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Sounds like piped also has most of that. As a bonus, piped requires no account, no addons and no direct connection to google.

deathmetal27 ,

I use all of these XD

JayDee , (edited )

Also Freetube has these features.

spookedintownsville ,

Freetube includes Dearrow?

ArtVandelay ,
@ArtVandelay@lemmy.world avatar

Yep

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f01a37f5-dafd-4572-a61c-b07e11bfc8bd.jpeg

spookedintownsville ,

Nice. Definitely will be using that

gregor ,

How’s invidious? Aren’t they very similar?

30p87 ,
@30p87@feddit.org avatar

I never used it, but yeah I guess it’s basically the same. LibreTube, the Android App I use, just happens to use piped so I selfhost that and therefore also use it on the desktop.

zkfcfbzr ,

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 , (edited )

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:


<span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##.ytd-rich-item-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-feed-nudge-renderer.style-scope
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com###voice-search-button
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer.ytd-rich-grid-renderer.style-scope > .ytd-rich-section-renderer.style-scope
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##yt-related-chip-cloud-renderer.ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##.ytd-ad-slot-renderer.style-scope
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(1)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(2)
</span><span style="color:#323232;">www.youtube.com##ytd-reel-shelf-renderer.ytd-structured-description-content-renderer.style-scope
</span>
Raploc ,
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Thanks! I’m going to try these.

Feathercrown ,

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 ,

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 ,

Thanks for the list, I’ll be trying these!

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