Return YouTube Dislike — Dmitry Selivanov

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Odziv uporabnika Dmitry Selivanov

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Thanks for taking the time to leave a review.

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.

Ajay, the author of SponsorBlock and DeArrow, has also raised this issue with Mozilla. He explains how the new wording can make an existing extension look like it suddenly started collecting new data, without making clear which websites it can access. You can read his post on Mozilla’s forum here: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/the-new-data-transmission-permissions-seem-to-be-misleading-to-users/149410

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, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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

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— Adeline, pred eno uro
genuinely why do you need to collect info on me for a button bruh
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— OrinPaul, pred eno uro
Data-harvesting scam.
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— Izaak, pred eno uro
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— Albin Jaison, pred 2 urama
it has all i wanted and beyond ! 🌞🌟
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— Nikita, pred 4 urami
There's a pointless premium panel taking up space on my YouTube page, and then I started getting pop-ups on Firefox restart for this extension only.

I haven't seen a single AD since like 2010 when browsing these sites and I haven't installed a spam extension on my browser since the 90s, I'm not going to get popups over a like/dislike button.

Stop spamming and remove premium garbage from UI by default for people who don't want it (that is, before the option is toggled). Don't add premium advertising popups to ruin AD-free experience of users who don't browse web on garbage mobile phones (and thus are used to such nonsense).

I installed this extension for fun, it doesn't add anything to my experience and is not crucial enough for me to get spammed by ADS by one extension out of all others I use.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 4 urami
> There's a pointless premium panel taking up space

You can close the panel with one click on the x in the top right corner. It also shows raw dislike counts to free users, which was a requested feature.

> I installed this extension for fun, it doesn't add anything to my experience and is not crucial enough for me to get spammed by ADS by one extension out of all others I use.

That's fair - it's up to you whether the extension is useful enough for you to keep using or support.

Being free to use doesn't make it free to run. I still have server costs to cover, and the paid features help cover those costs. Supporting it is entirely your choice, but I do need a way to keep it running.
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— Taygar, pred 4 urami
First time leaving a comment, was feeling uncertain about the new permission so I was hesitant to update but after checking sources and reading reviews I choose to trust you and leave a five-star review to support in wake of the review bombing

I will forever think it's stupid YT removed dislikes because one of their own videos bombed. So thanks, Dmitry, keep up the good work
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 4 urami
Thanks for taking the time to look into the permissions, and for your support.

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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 can 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
Ocenjeno z 1 od 5
— Uporabnik Firefoxa 15494488, pred 5 urami
Added paid "premium" content.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
Unfortunatelly hosting ~12TB database with a load of ~20 million unique daily users costs some money. Donations died down and the extension would run out of money to function.

Existence of a new premium feature doesn't affect you in any way - you can still use it for free as you did before - and somebody else will pay to cover your costs. Isn't it a win-win?
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— Shadowbane1992, pred 5 urami
First time writing a review here, Firefox changing things and creating a popup I can understand isn't a fault of extension developers; However, now I'm seeing BS like "premium for raw likes and dislikes."

I didn't download this to be advertised some nonsense. There are other extensions that do the same thing, so this particular one doesn't need to clog my day to day with unnecessities.

EDIT/REPLY: No, it is not a win-win. When I look and see some ad in place of what I'm used to seeing, you've made it invasive. Do what other developer's do and have a 1 time popup upon install that says "consider donating to keep it alive!" And leave it at that.

People have Ad Blockers for a Reason. Respect it.
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objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
EDIT/REPLY to EDIT/REPLY:
> EDIT/REPLY:Do what other developer's do and have a 1 time popup upon install that says "consider donating to keep it alive!" And leave it at that.

That is pretty much what it is. It's a one time changelog on update install. But I wanted to give something back for donations.

Closing that changelog (that only appears on browser restart, so the least intrusive time I hoped - as all extension changelogs do) is just one click

> Do what other developer's do
This extension likely has the largest database and traffic load of all extensions in the store. I.e. the highest costs to run

> There are other extensions that do the same thing

They all use my API. So if this extension dies - they all die too. This was one update message over 5 years of existence of the extension. Due to costs starting to exceed donations.

Unfortunatelly hosting ~12TB database with a load of ~20 million unique daily users costs some money. Donations died down and the extension would run out of money to function.

Existence of a new premium feature doesn't affect you in any way - you can still use it for free as you did before - and somebody else will pay to cover your costs. Isn't it a win-win?
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— Dielan44, pred 5 urami
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— Nagise Avan, pred 5 urami
Often doesn't work, and now wants my data. No, thanks.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
The extension only collects a randomly generated user id, and your vote with a like\dislike. That is literally everything that is being sent - bare minimum for it to function. Nothing is being sold.

If even the random user id is too much for you - there is an option to disable vote submission in settings. Then extension collects nothing (but your dislikes don't count anymore - so it's up to you)
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— Bojidar, pred 6 urami
The extension has barely worked for me in a while and now it asked for more permissions to collect data. The developer is replying aggressively to people unhappy about it - "Sorry the message about new features bothered you.", "Handling YouTube-scale traffic and storing dozens of terabytes of like/dislike data on a school-lunch budget ain’t that easy". Nobody is forcing you to do this. Maybe you should get a job at Google if you want to sell people's data for money.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
The extension only collects a randomly generated user id, and your vote with a like\dislike. That is literally everything that is being sent - bare minimum for it to function. Nothing is being sold.

If even the random user id is too much for you - there is an option to disable vote submission in settings. Then extension collects nothing (but your dislikes don't count anymore - so it's up to you)

> The developer is replying aggressively

Sorry if that came across as aggressive, I was doing my best to be polite - like honestly, no sarcasm here. English isn't my first language.

I was rude in some earlier messages - but there I was quite direct about being rude, no pretending.

"Sorry the message about new features bothered you.", - this isn't about the permissions - this is about the message with the list of new features. Some of which are paid - to pay for the extension servers. It is ***NOT ABOUT SELLING YOUR DATA.***
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— DDPcrr, pred 7 urami
access to personal data, surveillance
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
The extension only collects a randomly generated user id, and your vote with a like\dislike. That is literally everything that is being sent - bare minimum for it to function. Nothing is being sold.

Unfortunately even a random ID for recording likes\dislikes is still "personal data".

If even the random user id is too much for you - there is an option to disable vote submission in settings. Then extension collects nothing (but your dislikes don't count anymore - so it's up to you)
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— slice, pred 7 urami
added user data collection and a premium option, which uh, makes no sense for something that just brings back a single button, most youtube updates end up breaking it anyway
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 5 urami
The extension only collects a randomly generated user id, and your vote with a like\dislike. That is literally everything that is being sent - bare minimum for it to function. Nothing is being sold.

Unfortunately even a random ID for recording likes\dislikes is still "personal data".

If even the random user id is too much for you - there is an option to disable vote submission in settings. Then extension collects nothing (but your dislikes don't count anymore - so it's up to you)

The premium features are there to cover costs for everyone. Servers for this kind of load take some money.
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— Valk, pred 8 urami
POPUPS, developer changed it and added POPUPS
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 7 urami
Sorry the message about new features bothered you.

It's shown once in lifetime on update install, I wouldn't call this "popups" - since its a single changelog message. Plural here is just misrepresentation.

It’s shown only once during the lifetime of the extension, and it’s timed to appear after a browser restart - hopefully the least disruptive moment.

Handling YouTube-scale traffic and storing dozens of terabytes of like/dislike data on a school-lunch budget ain’t that easy. The funding from these features is what keeps RYD’s servers running.

And as for the permissions:

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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
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— Skuldugery, pred 9 urami
I rarely write any reviews. But after getting misled by Firefox into thinking the extension got bought out or something similar, and then learning that Firefox is at fault here with a change on their side...

And the shitstorm that has started.

Thanks for the awesome extension
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 9 urami
It is a bit unfair to call it "mislead", after all what they state is factual. It is just not very clear, and looks scarier than what is actually happening.

They just should be aware that an average user will spend 5-10 seconds maximum looking at that notice - and after that the user will delete the extension and leave a 1 star review. Which is somewhat unfair.

Thanks for taking your time to dig into the issue.
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— Anoklay, pred 12 urami
Excellent extension, transparent developper.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 11 urami
Thanks for the lovely feedback.

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

The extension uses only the data needed 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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 may sound scary, but they don’t let the extension access more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike
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— Uporabnik Firefoxa 20156940, pred 12 urami
First time leaving a comment, was feeling uncertain about the new permission, so I pause the update for a few days to see what's the catch.

After seeing reviews, not sure why they change why they word it like that, but I trust you.

Really like this addon, not just like but also important to see those datas which we're suppose to see from the start.

Thank for your effort!
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 12 urami
Thanks for sharing your experience and for the kind words.

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

Here’s what those permission labels mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 refers to 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 can sound scary, but they don’t give the extension access to any more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike
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— Anteater, pred 12 urami
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— ShadowtehWolfie, pred 13 urami
Perfectly fine add-on.
Mozilla updated how they word data the warning for data collection, which is bad and misleading

Anything under the "Personal Data Category", for this extension using website content and activity (youtube), is going to be labeled and disclosed as Personal Data collection, even if its not collecting or storing any data. Which no way to specify what kind of data is being handled.

For those who are down voting and don't understand code, this is a reasonable use to use to something like Claude Code to scan through the GitHub repository to see what or if data is actually collected and used. And what has changed from previous versions.

Nothing has changed permissions wise, besides Oauth being added for Patron (which is optional).
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 13 urami
Thanks for your support and for taking the time to write this.

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

The extension uses only 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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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

The new labels may 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
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— deez6969, pred 14 urami
good addon
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 14 urami
Thanks for the kind words.

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 uses only 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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 can 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
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— Nico, pred 14 urami
To people downvoting this, you can fault Mozilla for making the wording of this being more worrying than it actually is.

This extension still works wonders, even now. The pop-up is purely optional and you can close it, as it'll never pop back up again.

Why Firefox/Mozilla decided to word it as such, I have no idea.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 14 urami
Thanks for taking the time to share this.

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

The extension only uses the data needed 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.

Here’s what those permission labels mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 refers to activity on YouTube. 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 allow the extension to access more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike
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— Uporabnik Firefoxa 20156697, pred 14 urami
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— Anonymous, pred 16 urami
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— Pavel Žák, pred 17 urami
Nope, people do not need to do investigate things before leaving ratings. New permissions request -> uninstall.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 17 urami
But that is caused by Mozilla - not me. The extension didn't change it's data handling since it was created.
(except the optional patreon login - but it's **optional**)
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— The Black Hole, pred 18 urami
The new warning about data collection is misleading, nothing changed about how the extension handles data (and it's open-source, see it for yourself). Sponsorblock and similar addons are in the same situation.

It's a Mozilla issue: unlike GDPR cookie banners where you can explain how and why data is collected, there's no way to do that with the new data collection permission warning.

See "The new data transmission permissions seem to be misleading to users" on Mozilla Discourse.

Besides the shitstorm, I think this is a great (and essential) extension to easily identify misleading videos.
Odgovor razvijalca
objavljeno ob pred 17 urami
Thanks for taking the time to look into the permissions and share your thoughts.

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 uses only 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.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

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 can 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