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
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If this ever gets ported for NewPipe and/or LibreTube it’ll be sensational
The fact that it exists makes me happy :]
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’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.
Interesting problem. I wonder if people will re-learn the correct terms over time when seeing other labeled submissions. I feel the word “review” has destroyed by a lot of YouTube channels.
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.
Video hosting is way more resource intensive (and therefore expensive) than text and even the most image filled of Lemmy communities
The removal of the custom thumbnail is refreshing. No more wired reactions with an arrow pointing at something.
I’m going to give this a try. The sponsorblock people have great ideas!
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.
Clickbait has this singular capacity to make one feel treated as a simple primate. Such a relieving comparison.
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?
Where are you quoting this from? I could not find any information about a paywall.
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?
I’m seeing it right now on the extension’s welcoming page right after install
Yes, I also found it here. I have asked the developers for clarification.
I was also very unnerved to see this pop up for me today. Considering the extension is also basically just a ripoff of Clickbait Remover for Youtube, this really rubs me the wrong way.
DeArrow is in no way meant to be a rip off of “clickbait remover”. It uses a completely different methods to retrieve thumbnails, using a thumbnail generation system instead of relying on “auto generated” thumbnails by YouTube.
You are right though that it is kind of made as that extension taken to the extreme.
I’d also like to clarify that the developer of “clickbait remover” contacted me and is very happy about my work. They also wished me luck on my soft-paywall plan.
Hi. What is the monetization plan for this addon exactly, and how much is it going to cost? If the addon is open source and the API hits are free, where does my money come in?
I really like this, and I will probably use it, but I hate clickbate thumbnails with a passion and avoid them as much as I can.
Feels like we’re back on youtube in its early form, more organic. great idea i’m downloading it
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!
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.
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There’s unfortunelately a good reason for them to keep doing it; it works
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.
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