• @[email protected]
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    592 days ago

    Shout out to DeArrow, from the same developer as SponsorBlock. It replaces video titles and thumbnails with community-provided non-clickbait versions. Available as a browser extension, and is also built-in to several third-party YouTube apps, such as SmartTube.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 day ago

      I feel a bit conflicted about that, do I want that extension to hide the terrible clickbaity titles and thumbnails? For me that’s a good reason to not watch these videos in the first place

      • @[email protected]
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        118 hours ago

        YouTube basically completely stopped recommending me those videos years ago because it learned I never click on them.

      • smokebuddy [he/him]
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        122 hours ago

        I just saw a video posted here about how Tyler Oliveria is a liar and his content is bogus, but when youtube kept pushing that garbage at me the over the top AI thumbnails were enough to tip off it was going to be shit, and I had blocked him months ago lol