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[–] smolyeet@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Doesn’t it really matter if the title is click baity if the content is worth watching. It generates revenue for the content creator so I feel like I’d rather them have what works than a cleaner title.

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This sounds like a nice addon, sadly most of my YT consumption is done from my Nvidia Shield TV with STN, so I still get those annoying thumbnails I think (I have them in my home screen and that's where I watch them or add them to the list to watch later within the Shield menu).

clickbait no more

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Just like sponsor block this is only going to improve with time. Hopefully it gets integrated into revanced as well

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 11 months ago

funny. if the creator used the right side for the xenphone I might click on it.

[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Pretty useful

[–] EmperorHenry@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

awesome! It's available for firefox based browsers!

[–] Thedogspaw@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

This guy is doing God's work 🙌

[–] Acid@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Really good extension, I've added it to my browser.

While some creators like Linus have said they dislike the clickbaity titles and thumbnails but they have to do it due to engagement that's simply because the younger generations are the ones engaging with that content. As an older person I'd rather just have a to the point description of what I'm going to get.

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[–] Blaze@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing!

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think i'm okay with NewPipeXSponsorBlock or Freetube, but for straight up YouTube, this is good stuff.

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[–] jibbist@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

This extension is awesome thank you

[–] UdeRecife@lemmy.sdfeu.org 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for posting about this extension! It's a very welcomed addition to make YouTube more bearable.

[–] madmonki@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

hey that's cool

[–] MelonTheMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe a feature request, but is there an addon that just blocks videos with shitty thumbnails or all caps? Might make the front page almost presentable.

If this extension could just hide those videos as an option, or at least flag them it might make browsing better.

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[–] LinkMiguel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

nice, good to see an adblocker for clickbaits

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