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SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

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661 points anotherhue | 2 comments | 12 Aug 24 09:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jocaal ◴[12 Aug 24 19:38 UTC] No.41228423[source]▶
The creator of this extension also makes DeArrow [1]. It replaces the clickbait thumbnails and titles with less annoying ones. I highly recommend it.

[1] https://dearrow.ajay.app/

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1. rendaw ◴[13 Aug 24 08:38 UTC] No.41233522[source]▶
Whoah, how does it do that? It looks like magic, so does it handle the clickbait use of "this" as well ("this game", "this recipe", "this film")?

I'm using one that just decapitalizes and uses a random frame thumbnail from the middle, which is okay.

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2. gabegm ◴[13 Aug 24 08:50 UTC] No.41233580[source]▶
According to the extension homepage:

"DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

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There are currently 64,634 users who have submitted 230,432 titles and 107,027 thumbnails."