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

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Beoordeling door Taw

I installed it and am using it to replace a much better addon that is no longer updated. I only care about two features: changing the case of titles and replacing thumbnails with video frames.

I have a couple problems with DeArrow:

Similar to SponsorBlock, the crowdsourced nature of it makes it very unreliable. There are many cases of overly opinionated user submissions that conflict with the original material in one way or another.

There are settings to remove the crowdsource functionality and make it work the way I described above, but getting it to do that wasn't very easy and required some hoops to be jumped through.

The much bigger set of hoops is the process of getting to use the addon. You cannot use the addon for free, and the description is misleading.

To get access you need to first click a button to decline paying, then you need to apply for free access, you do not get free access immediately, so you have to start your short free trial. My trial expired before I was granted free access. I was very tempted to uninstall the plugin at every step of this way, and the experience means I will never donate.

I understand the desire to make money off this, but this attitude sucks when it actively and very successfully disrupts the usability of the tool. I am not recommending it to other people. Will drop it if I ever make my own addon to replace the old clickbait remover, or find an alternative.

Maybe this is petty and vindictive, but I'm so tired of all the bullshit and lack of groovy attitudes.

Antwoord van ontwikkelaar

7 maanden geleden geplaatst

The goal is to make an add-on that anyone can use for free if they want to, instead of paywalling it. Anyone can request free access to use DeArrow for free, no questions asked, because I think that's the right thing to do.

At the same time, people buying DeArrow is how I pay my rent, so I appreciate anyone who chooses to do so.

382 beoordelingen

Waardering: 5 van 5
door chefski, 7 dagen geleden
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door ss, 11 dagen geleden
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Firefox-gebruiker 19682243, 19 dagen geleden
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door Alpherio, 20 dagen geleden
Waardering: 5 van 5
door mark100, 23 dagen geleden
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.
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Firefox-gebruiker 18414040, één maand geleden
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door reachus_peachus, één maand geleden
Waardering: 5 van 5
door l0lill0, één maand geleden
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Eti, één maand geleden
Waardering: 4 van 5
door CS-FF, 2 maanden geleden
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.
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
één maand geleden geplaatst
Can you verify if you are on the latest version of the extension? (2.3.6)
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Chris Hayes, 2 maanden geleden
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.
Waardering: 4 van 5
door Firefox-gebruiker 17842467, 2 maanden geleden
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.
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
2 maanden geleden geplaatst
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"
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Penny, 2 maanden geleden
Big fan of this extension, occasionally youtube will make changes and break it, but it is always back working pretty quickly
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Aaron, 2 maanden geleden
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door Firefox-gebruiker 19858893, 2 maanden geleden
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door Fledrox, 2 maanden geleden
Waardering: 5 van 5
door DrWhoFan13, 3 maanden geleden
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door SDM, 3 maanden geleden
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door mguia, 3 maanden geleden
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
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
3 maanden geleden geplaatst
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
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Firefox-gebruiker 14902700, 3 maanden geleden
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
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
3 maanden geleden geplaatst
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
Waardering: 1 van 5
door bnvnnchgcccc, 3 maanden geleden
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
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
3 maanden geleden geplaatst
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
Waardering: 5 van 5
door LG, 3 maanden geleden
Thank you for this and sponsorblock!
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Firefox-gebruiker 19218008, 3 maanden geleden
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door Aleksandersen, 3 maanden geleden
Interesting concept, but the extension frequently breaks YouTube — images and features fail to load every few weeks until you disable this extension.
Antwoord van ontwikkelaar
3 maanden geleden geplaatst
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
Waardering: 5 van 5
door Alise, 3 maanden geleden