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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by e8d79@feddit.de to c/foss@beehaw.org

The creators of SponsorBlock did it again, now we can crowdsource better titles and thumbnails as well. I just tried it with LinusTechTips who is a worst offender when it comes to clickbait and its really great.

Compare without DeArrow

and with the extension

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[-] ajayyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

DeArrow is in no way meant to be a rip off of "clickbait remover". It uses a completely different methods to retrieve thumbnails, using a thumbnail generation system instead of relying on "auto generated" thumbnails by YouTube.

You are right though that it is kind of made as that extension taken to the extreme.

I'd also like to clarify that the developer of "clickbait remover" contacted me and is very happy about my work. They also wished me luck on my soft-paywall plan.

this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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