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Iceggiren i DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube

DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube sɣur Ajay (SponsorBlock)

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sɣur Seumas, pred rokom
Like its sister extension (SponsorBlock), DeArrow changes the game when it comes to experiencing Youtube. If only were were a solution on mobile and elsewhere, too. Crowdsourced video titles means no more hyperbole, obnoxious formatting, and outright lying or baiting. And when you *do* run into those things, it feels good improving them so that others with the extension can benefit from a clearer and cleaner experience. I almost never pay or donate for extensions (though I have), but I immediately did so for DeArrow and SponsorBlock. I hope these extensions both grow in popularity, so even more videos are improved at a faster rate.

The only reason I knocked a star off of this review is that if I don't QUICKLY add the title when the input interface is open, it will always kill my entire browser (Zen Browser on Windows 11 usually). Everything -- all windows, tabs, etc -- the whole browser just hangs and the only way to get it working again is to kill the process and launch again. It happens so quickly that I have to type my title out in notepad, then copy it so that as soon as I open the input interface, I can immediately paste it in and hit the submit button.

However, if using it passively (not contributing -- just getting the benefit of better titles), it has no apparent negative impact. I would contribute more frequently if it were more stable, but it is otherwise terrific.
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  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 19682243, pred 5 dňami
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  • sɣur mark100, pred 9 dňami
    One of the best YouTube extensions out there.
    It's up there with Sponsor block and UBlock Origin.
    It's very time saving, especially when browsing through your recommendations page (it makes your digest more productive.)
    Most of these big tech channel videos are frequently summarized into a small sentence.
    I've found it most useful for tech videos (as most custom titles lie here)
    The feature where it shows a random screenshot of the video in the thumbnail is amazing, it helps me preview videos that are obviously AI generated.
    I love this extension, and I suggest others to contribute to the project by:
    buying the product - it's only $1 !!!
    donating to the developer.
    source thumbnails and titles yourself to help expand the project!
    share it with your friends.

    the only problem I have with it, is that it isn't popular enough, making custom titles quite rare in normal feeds.
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 18414040, pred 22 dňami
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  • sɣur CS-FF, pred mesiacom
    The remove emojis feature is not working for me. There is an original title that isn't replaced and the emojis are there despite having the option checked.

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred mesiacom
    Can you verify if you are on the latest version of the extension? (2.3.6)
  • sɣur Chris Hayes, pred mesiacom
    Genuinely improves my YouTube experience.

    Yesterday for some reason it stopped working and was making Firefox hang, so I disabled it. I forgot I did that and was wondering why YouTube suddenly felt a lot more click-bait-y than usual.

    I love that thumbnails actually represent how the video looks, and that I no longer see video titles that tell me absolutely nothing about the video.

    My $1 has been well worth it.
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 17842467, pred 2 mesiacmi
    I don't understand installing it and subsequently leaving a negative review for the fact that it does what it says, or for the $1 dollar payment that you *don't have to pay.* That said, this is often broken and may not always be as useful as you'd think (people like to inject their opinions into the new titles for example; this is often fixed eventually but it's kinda irritating when bad titles stay up). You can just go through the settings to limit or remove title changes, though.

    Edit: Re-read what I said, this is a pretty neutral review -- unchanged by your response.

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred mesiacom
    If it's still not working for you, try making sure it's not asking for extra permissions. You can go to about:addons, and click the gear icon and click "Check for updates". If there is a popup in the top right asking for permissions to access dearrow.ajay.app (the DeArrow homepage), click "Update"
  • sɣur Penny, pred 2 mesiacmi
    Big fan of this extension, occasionally youtube will make changes and break it, but it is always back working pretty quickly
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  • sɣur mguia, pred 2 mesiacmi
    Its crazy how an app that supposedly is against preadatory marketing has such a predatory and cynicala monetization strategy of promising to be free while its not

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred 2 mesiacmi
    Hi, it's not meant to be predatory, and does not promise to be free. It is a paid extension that allows most people to use it for free if they choose
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 14902700, pred 2 mesiacmi
    Great extension, can't imagine my life without it now.

    But just yesterday it stopped working. First the button to show original video title and thumbnail disappeared and now all titles and thumbnails are original clickbaity ones. Changing any settings in the extension or restarting it doesn't help sadly :(

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    Reinstalling the extension fixed the issue

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred 2 mesiacmi
    Hi, this was fixed in version 2.3.4 which has now been reviewed by Mozilla so you should be able to just update

    Edit: they made another change, it's fixed in 2.3.4. If you don't want to wait for Mozilla to review it, you can install the beta by clicking "FirefoxSignedInstaller" on https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow/releases/tag/2.3.5
  • sɣur bnvnnchgcccc, pred 2 mesiacmi
    changes titles that dont need to be changed at all, and it changes them to a longer much worse version of the same title. the original was already descriptive, useless app, terrible user titles

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred 2 mesiacmi
    You can try enabling "casual mode" to keep the funny or interesting titles, or use the "default to original information" button to only see the custom title if you click a button
  • sɣur LG, pred 2 mesiacmi
    Thank you for this and sponsorblock!
  • sɣur Aseqdac Firefox 19218008, pred 3 mesiacmi
  • sɣur Aleksandersen, pred 3 mesiacmi
    Interesting concept, but the extension frequently breaks YouTube — images and features fail to load every few weeks until you disable this extension.

    Tiririt n ineflayen

    yeffeɣ-d deg pred 3 mesiacmi
    At the moment, sometimes the first recommended video will be blank. There is an update to fix this, but it is currently still being reviewed by Mozilla. You can install the beta version by clicking the "FirefoxSignedInstaller" on https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow/releases/tag/2.3
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