Horrible update added spyware, locking things behind "premium", and is clearly LLM-gen-AI slop.

started begging for money after upgrade, massive red flag - DO NOT INSTALL

This is the first extension I ever rate, even made an account for it. Like many others I was curious what the new permissions popup means, so I came to check. Easy 5 stars not just because it's a fantastic extension, but also because of the fantastic transparency and clarifications of the dev. Definitely would recommend this one!

Started by showing an ad for paid features after a silent upgrade. I don't want my extensions showing ads. Instant removal.

Thanks for the explanation. The way Mozilla labeled the permisions really scared me at first lol.

Back to working again. Back to five stars again.

"RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes."

collect more data ?
no thx. youtube usable without this data hungry app

The developer suddenly updated this app to add a bunch of analytics features that pop open around YouTube videos and beg you to pay the developer money for "premium" features. It now also collects data from your browser.

Leaving a 5 star review, check the goddamn github before leaving a one star review the extension is open source.

Return YouTube Dislike is a privacy‑overreaching, intrusive, and increasingly untrustworthy extension. The recent update demanding broad data‑collection permissions is unacceptable, and the developer’s decisions make this add‑on something we cannot recommend to anyone.

The new permissions - and why they’re a problem
Firefox’s updated privacy labels reveal the true scope of what the extension can access:

Browsing activity - It can monitor when you navigate between videos.

Website content - It can read elements on YouTube pages.

Personally identifiable information - It uses a private user ID tied to your activity, even if “randomly generated.”

Online/activity data - It tracks likes/dislikes and viewing behavior.

The developer insists this is limited to YouTube and the extension’s own site, but the permission categories themselves are broad, and users must trust that the extension never expands its scope. Trust is earned and this project has repeatedly damaged that trust.

Why you should not use it
It requires powerful permissions that allow reading and modifying data on YouTube a major privacy risk for an extension maintained by a single developer.

It has already introduced intrusive pop‑ups, which many users mistook for malware.

Firefox’s new labels expose how much data it touches, and even if anonymized, the extension still collects and sends user interaction data to its servers.

Backend code is not fully open‑source, meaning users cannot audit what happens to their data once it leaves their browser.

Why YouTube itself must retain control over dislikes?

The public display of dislikes is not just a cosmetic feature. It affects:

Creator safety

Anti‑harassment mechanisms

Algorithmic fairness

Abuse prevention

External extensions that artificially restore this function bypass protection mechanisms that we intentionally implemented to shield creators from targeted dislike campaigns.

Only the platform itself can ensure that interaction data is handled responsibly, transparently, and in accordance with privacy and security guidelines.

The Google Team

New permissions are horrible, personal information?

Works as intended.

At the time of writing the extension is being bombarded by negative reviews. Let me copy and paste the explanation as to why the extension requires what APPEARS to the user to be personally identifying info:

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, persistent user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account. Our server also sees your IP address when you connect.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels sound scary, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https(://)github(.)com(/)Anarios(/)return-youtube-dislike

End transmission.

Solicita Actividad de navegación e Información de identificación personal, elementos que previamente no solicitaba. Quiere vender tu información.

You do not need any "IDENTIFIABLE" information.
You do not need any "BROWSING HISTORY".

Why tf would you need all that to show dislikes.

Worked fine until now and now it need to harvest your data to function. F .... U